45737 Benita

Benita
Discovery
Discovered by B. A. Segal
Discovery site Boca Raton
Discovery date 22 April 2000
Designations
MPC designation 45737
2000 HB
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 6649 days (18.20 yr)
Aphelion 3.3434859 AU (500.17837 Gm)
Perihelion 3.0411470 AU (454.94912 Gm)
3.192316 AU (477.5637 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.0473542
5.70 yr (2083.3 d)
140.4807°
 10m 22.082s / day
Inclination 10.19896°
181.42745°
125.48771°
Earth MOID 2.03947 AU (305.100 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.81389 AU (271.354 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.170
Physical characteristics
13.5

    45737 Benita (provisional designation: 2000 HB) is a main belt asteroid discovered on April 22, 2000 by B. A. Segal at the Florida Atlantic University's Astronomical Observatory in Boca Raton, Florida. Segal named the asteroid after his wife, Benita Segal, a major supporter of the observatory.[2]

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