Discovered by Joel Hastings Metcalf Discovery date 27 November 1907 Alternative names 1907 BK Orbital period 1,910 days Orbits Sun Named after Berenice II of Egypt | Discovery site Taunton, Massachusetts MPC designation 653 Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 27 November 1907 Discoverer Joel Hastings Metcalf Asteroid family Eos family | |
Similar 528 Rezia, 540 Rosamunde, 441 Bathilde, 509 Iolanda, 679 Pax | ||
653 Berenike is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 27, 1907 by Joel Hastings Metcalf at Taunton, Massachusetts. It is named after Berenice II of Egypt, after whom the constellation Coma Berenices is also named.
This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.
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