6579 Benedix
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | S. J. Bus |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring Observatory |
| Discovery date | March 2, 1981 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 6579 |
| Alternative names[1] | 1981 ES4 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.0822164 |
| Peri | 2.1431944 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1797030 |
| Orbital period | 1542.5317127 |
| Mean anomaly | 332.78435 |
| Inclination | 15.85236 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 326.91983 |
| Argument of peri | 35.84463 |
| Absolute magnitude | 13.3 |
6579 Benedix (1981 ES4) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.

