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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | H. E. Wood |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg (UO) |
| Discovery date | August 4, 1926 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1663 |
| Named after | Willem Hendrik van den Bos |
| Alternate name(s) | 1926 PE |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6420250 |
| Peri | 1.8377256 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1795411 |
| Orbital period | 1224.4306568 |
| Mean anomaly | 113.59515 |
| Inclination | 5.36399 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 83.31127 |
| Argument of peri | 274.96042 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1584 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.20 |
1663 van den Bos (1926 PE) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 4, 1926 by H. E. Wood at Johannesburg (UO).
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