(11758) Sargent Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Wallace Sargent (b. 1935), a British astrophysicist at Caltech since 1959, is known for analysis of quasar absorption lines and surveys of active galactic nuclei and remote clusters and superclusters of galaxies. He has determined the relative abundances of several elements in the early universe.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Sargent is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sargent is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11758 |
| Provisional designation | 4035 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.87 km (#5,853 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0980 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.55 |
| Orbital period | 5.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 3.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Wallace
All asteroids named after someone called Wallace
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
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- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites