(716) Berkeley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 July 1911 by J. Palisa at Vienna.
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Where Berkeley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Berkeley is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 716 |
| Provisional designation | A911 OC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.8 km (#2,234 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.170 |
| Rotation period | 15.6 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.89 |
| Orbital period | 4.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0867 |
| Inclination | 8.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.