128065 Bartbenjamin

Bartbenjamin
Discovery
Discovered by Bert L. Stevens
Discovery site Desert Moon Observatory
Discovery date 19 July 2003
Designations
MPC designation 128065
2003 OK
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 6406 days (17.54 yr)
Aphelion 3.3840301 AU (506.24370 Gm)
Perihelion 2.5876049 AU (387.10018 Gm)
2.9858175 AU (446.67194 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.13336804
5.16 yr (1884.5 d)
73.051551°
0.19103335°/day
Inclination 7.7939753°
223.06359°
181.69399°
Earth MOID 1.59551 AU (238.685 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.01228 AU (301.033 Gm)
Physical characteristics
15.0

    128065 Bartbenjamin (2003 OK) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 19, 2003 by Bert L. Stevens at Desert Moon Observatory. It is probably between 1.9 and 2.6 kilometers (1.2 to 1.6 miles) in size, irregularly shaped, and made of carbon-based rock. In March 2008, it was renamed in honor of Bart Benjamin, Director of the Cernan Earth and Space Center of Triton College in River Grove, Illinois, former curator at the Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria, Illinois, and longstanding member of the Peoria Astronomical Society.

    Citation from the Minor Planet Circular

    After joining the Peoria (Illinois) Astronomical Society, Bart Benjamin (b. 1958) became a curator at the Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria, making astronomy exciting for the public. He eventually became director of the Cernan Earth and Space Center at Triton College in west suburban Chicago. †.

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 128065 Bartbenjamin (2003 OK)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

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