11758 Sargent
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 11758 |
Named after | Wallace L. W. Sargent |
| 4035 P-L | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.6165425 |
| Perihelion | 2.6832931 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1481387 |
| 2041.9601252 | |
| 213.44929 | |
| Inclination | 3.61967 |
| 279.77079 | |
| 37.00166 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.4 | |
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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.