(13332) Benkhoff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Johannes Benkhoff (b. 1961) is a planetary scientist at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Berlin-Adlerhof. His research is in the field of modeling cometary nuclei, in preparation for space missions like Rosetta and Contour. He was instrumental in organizing the ACM 2002 conference. The name was suggested by G. Hahn.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Benkhoff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Benkhoff is 2.84 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13332 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SM58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.33 |
| Orbital period | 4.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0590 |
| Inclination | 2.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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