6734 Benzenberg

6734 Benzenberg is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1891.1838054 days (5.18 years).[1] The asteroid was discovered on March 23, 1992 and named after Johann Friedrich Benzenberg (1777-1846) who discovered meteors occur in the upper atmosphere.[2]

References

  1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  2. Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012.