(723218) Binsted Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 2006 by Masiero, J., Jedicke, R. at Maunakea.
Kim Binsted (b. 1970) is an American-Canadian-Austrian researcher on the faculty of the University of Hawaiʻi. She studied at McGill University and earned a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. Kim was Chief Scientist on a Mars exploration analogue on Devon Island in Canada and helped develop HI-SEAS, a simulated Mars habitat.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #25, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Binsted is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Binsted is 2.34 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 723218 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 RE117 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 18.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0877 |
| Inclination | 3.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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