(6734) Benzenberg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 March 1992 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
German physicist and astronomer Johann Friedrich Benzenberg (1777-1846) organized a school for surveyors and made an early demonstration of the rotation of the earth. He wrote a Handbuch der angewandten Geometrie (1815) and established the Bilk Observatory at Düsseldorf.Naming citation (20070730/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Benzenberg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Benzenberg is 2.88 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6734 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 FB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.9 km (#3,416 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.190 |
| Rotation period | 197 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.02 |
| Orbital period | 5.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 11.3° |
| 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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- (4215) Kamo
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- (4343) Tetsuya
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