(45737) Benita Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 April 2000 by B. A. Segal at Boca Raton.
Benita Segal (b. 1964) is the wife of the discoverer. Without her support the Boca Raton observatory would not exist. Like her husband, she is a physician.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Benita is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Benita is 3.22 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 45737 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.12 km (#10,403 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.294 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.69 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.06 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0414 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.