1846 Bengt
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
Palomar–Leiden survey C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1846 Bengt |
Named after | Bengt Strömgren[2] |
|
6553 P-L · 1951 CW1 1957 YP | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 58.21 yr (21261 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6711 AU (399.59 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.0063 AU (300.14 Gm) |
| 2.3387 AU (349.86 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14213 |
| 3.58 yr (1306.4 d) | |
| 90.503° | |
| 0° 16m 32.052s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.1844° |
| 19.092° | |
| 75.251° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.02545 AU (153.405 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.49928 AU (373.887 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.550 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 11.4 km |
Mean radius | 5.705 ± 0.45 km |
| 0.0781 ± 0.014 | |
| 13.8 | |
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1846 Bengt, provisional designation 6553 P–L, is an asteroid from the main-belt discovered on September 24, 1960, by Cornelis van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels, who took the photographic plates at Palomar Observatory. The asteroid measures about 11 kilometers in diameter and orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.7 AU once every 3.6 years.[1]
It was named after renowned Danish astronomer Bengt Strömgren (1908–1987), on the occasion of his 70th birthday. He was an authority in the field of stellar structure and stellar evolution, director of the Yerkes Observatory from 1951 to 1957, and president of the International Astronomical Union (1970–1973).[2]
The designation P–L stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s. Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden Observatory. The trio are credited with several thousand asteroid discoveries.
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1846 Bengt (6553 P-L)" (2015-03-15 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1846) Bengt. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 148. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 1846 Bengt at the JPL Small-Body Database
