1846 Bengt

1846 Bengt
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. J. van Houten
I. van Houten-G.
T. Gehrels
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date24 September 1960
Designations
(1846) Bengt
Named after
Bengt Strömgren
(Danish astronomer)[2]
6553 P-L · 1951 CW1
1957 YP
main-belt · (inner)
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc58.66 yr (21,424 days)
Aphelion2.6708 AU
Perihelion2.0063 AU
2.3386 AU
Eccentricity0.1421
3.58 yr (1,306 days)
256.07°
0° 16m 32.16s / day
Inclination3.1843°
19.092°
75.087°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions10.998±0.080 km[3]
0.047±0.005[3]
13.8[1]

1846 Bengt, provisional designation 6553 P-L, is a dark asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by the Palomar–Leiden survey in 1960, it was named for Danish astronomer Bengt Strömgren.[2]

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