653 Berenike
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Discovery[1]
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| Discovered by | Joel Hastings Metcalf |
| Discovery site | Taunton, Massachusetts |
| Discovery date | November 27, 1907 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 653 |
| Named after | Berenice II |
| Alternate name(s) | 1907 BK |
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Main belt [2] |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.147 AU |
| Peri | 2.88 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01349 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.044298 |
| Orbital period | 1910.75 days (5.23 years) |
| Mean anomaly | 354.665° |
| Inclination | 11.287° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 133.219° |
| Argument of peri | 50.023° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Dimensions | 39.22 kilometres (24.37 mi) ± 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) Mean diameter[4] |
| Rotation period | 12.4886 ± 0.0007 hours [5] |
| Albedo | 0.2444 ± 0.034 [4] |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.18 [6] |
653 Berenike is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 27, 1907 by Joel Hastings Metcalf at Taunton, Massachusetts.[1] It is named after Berenice II of Egypt, after whom the constellation Coma Berenices is also named.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
- ^ "653 Berenike (1907 BK)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=653+Berenike. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
- ^ "(653) Berenike". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.0&n=653. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
- ^ a b Tedesco et al. (2004). "Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey (SIMPS)". IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/imps.html. Retrieved December 28, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ Galád et al. (2008). "A Collection of Lightcurves from Modra: 2007 December- 2008 June". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 144–146. Bibcode 2008MPBu...35..144G.
- ^ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0.. Planetary Data System. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/astermag.html. Retrieved December 28, 2008.[dead link]
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