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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Freimut Börngen |
| Discovery site | Tautenburg |
| Discovery date | January 11, 1989 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 5846 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1989 AW6 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.7741635 |
| Peri | 2.0950141 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1394793 |
| Orbital period | 1387.5123503 |
| Mean anomaly | 36.69275 |
| Inclination | 1.57087 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 58.22055 |
| Argument of peri | 59.85545 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
5846 Hessen (1989 AW6) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 11, 1989 by Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg.