256797 Benbow

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256797 Benbow

Summary

256797 Benbow is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 256797 Benbow is credited with the discovery of Juan Lacruz[3].
  • 256797 Benbow's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 256797 Benbow's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Observatorio de La Cañada[5].
  • 256797 Benbow's follows is recorded as 256796 Almanzor[6].
  • 256797 Benbow's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • 256797 Benbow's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • 256797 Benbow's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 CA70[9].
  • 256797 Benbow's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-02-09T00:00:00Z[10].
  • 256797 Benbow's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h3nn65[11].
  • 256797 Benbow's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20256797[12].
  • 256797 Benbow's significant event is recorded as naming[13].
  • 256797 Benbow's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}[14].
  • 256797 Benbow's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06781605461103725'}[15].
  • 256797 Benbow's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.8'}[16].
  • 256797 Benbow's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.84'}[17].
  • 256797 Benbow's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.1'}[18].
  • 256797 Benbow's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.140152098573679'}[19].
  • 256797 Benbow's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1285.167835568069'}[20].
  • 256797 Benbow's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+345.4'}[21].
  • 256797 Benbow's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+345.2791025560894'}[22].
  • 256797 Benbow's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.31334788319458'}[23].
  • 256797 Benbow's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.470230009575632'}[24].
  • 256797 Benbow's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.156465756813529'}[25].
  • 256797 Benbow's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+106.6'}[26].
  • 256797 Benbow's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+106.7619931253823'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

256797 Benbow's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

256797 Benbow ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital inclination {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.1'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.140152098573679'}
    Apoapsis {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.470230009575632'}
    Minor planet group asteroid belt
    Site of astronomical discovery Observatorio de La Cañada
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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