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863 Benkoela
Discovery
Discovered by	Max Wolf
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	9 February 1917
Designations
MPC designation	(863) Benkoela
Pronunciation	/bɛŋˈkuːlə/
Alternative designations	1917 BH
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	99.11 yr (36199 days)
Aphelion	3.2950 AU (492.92 Gm)
Perihelion	3.1059 AU (464.64 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.2004 AU (478.77 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.029538
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.73 yr (2091.3 d)
Mean anomaly	52.959°
Mean motion	0° 10 19.704 / day
Inclination	25.418°
Longitude of ascending node	116.948°
Argument of perihelion	95.689°
Earth MOID	2.15664 AU (322.629 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.91339 AU (286.239 Gm)
T_Jupiter	3.042
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	13.53±0.75 km
Synodic rotation period	8.20 h (0.342 d)
Geometric albedo	0.5952±0.070
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.02

863 Benkoela /bɛŋˈkuːlə/ is an A-type asteroid orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 9 February 1917 from Heidelberg.

10μ radiometric data collected from Kitt Peak in 1975 gave a diameter estimate of 34 km.

References

Yeomans, Donald K., "863 Benkoela", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 4 May 2016.
Morrison, D.; Chapman, C. R. (March 1976), "Radiometric diameters for an additional 22 asteroids", Astrophysical Journal, vol. 204, pp. 934–939, Bibcode:2008mgm..conf.2594S, doi:10.1142/9789812834300_0469.

External links

Lightcurve plot of 863 Benkoela, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2004)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
863 Benkoela at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
863 Benkoela at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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