1846 Bengt
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten I. van Houten-G. T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1960 |
| Designations | |
| (1846) Bengt | |
Named after | Bengt Strömgren (Danish astronomer) |
| 6553 P-L · 1951 CW1 1957 YP | |
| main-belt · (inner) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 58.66 yr (21,424 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6708 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0063 AU |
| 2.3386 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1421 |
| 3.58 yr (1,306 days) | |
| 256.07° | |
| 0° 16m 32.16s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.1843° |
| 19.092° | |
| 75.087° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 10.998±0.080 km |
| 0.047±0.005 | |
| 13.8 | |
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.