(28601) Benton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Julius Benton (b. 1949) has been a key member of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) serving as Saturn & Venus Coordinators since 1971. He has been an ALPO Board member since 1996 serving twice as Executive Director, twice as Associate Director and received the Peggy Haas Service Award in 2011.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Benton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Benton is 2.22 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28601 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EK147 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.88 km (#15,493 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.177 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.44 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 2.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.896 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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