1339 Désagneauxa

1339 Désagneauxa
Modelled shape of Désagneauxa
Discovery
Discovered byL. Boyer
Discovery siteAlgiers Obs.
Discovery date4 December 1934
Designations
(1339) Désagneauxa
Named after
discoverer's brother-in-law
1934 XB · 1951 AF
main-belt · Eos
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc82.57 yr (30,160 days)
Aphelion3.1936 AU
Perihelion2.8467 AU
3.0202 AU
Eccentricity0.0574
5.25 yr (1,917 days)
260.48°
0° 11m 16.08s / day
Inclination8.6903°
291.00°
162.21°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions22.96±1.7 km
23.04 km (derived)
24.20±0.65 km
24.450±0.209 km
25.733±0.200 km
9.3209±0.0006 h
9.37510±0.00005 h
9.37514±0.00001 h
9.380±0.003 h
0.1274±0.0165
0.144±0.024
0.151±0.009
0.1589±0.026
0.1747 (derived)
Tholen = S · S
B–V = 0.790
U–B = 0.425
10.30±0.23 · 10.7 · 10.81

    1339 Désagneauxa, provisional designation 1934 XB, is a stony Eoan asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 24 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 December 1934, by French astronomer Louis Boyer at the North African Algiers Observatory in Algeria. A few nights later, the asteroid was independently discovered by astronomers Grigory Neujmin and Eugène Delporte, at the Crimean Simeiz and Belgian Uccle Observatory, respectively. It was later named after discoverer's brother-in-law.