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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 11758 |
| Named after | Wallace L. W. Sargent |
| Alternate name(s) | 4035 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.6165425 |
| Peri | 2.6832931 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1481387 |
| Orbital period | 2041.9601252 |
| Mean anomaly | 213.44929 |
| Inclination | 3.61967 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 279.77079 |
| Argument of peri | 37.00166 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.4 |
11758 Sargent (4035 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered September 24, 1960, by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld. It is named after the Caltech astronomer Wallace Sargent; his wife and fellow astronomer Anneila Sargent also has an asteroid named after her, 18244 Anneila.