1597 Laugier
Shape model of Laugier from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Boyer |
| Discovery site | Algiers Obs. |
| Discovery date | 7 March 1949 |
| Designations | |
| (1597) Laugier | |
Named after | Marguerite Laugier (French astronomer) |
| 1949 EB | |
| main-belt · (outer) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 68.01 yr (24,840 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.1024 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.5869 AU |
| 2.8446 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0906 |
| 4.80 yr (1,752 days) | |
| 67.764° | |
| 0° 12m 19.44s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.812° |
| 158.63° | |
| 52.042° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 12.885±0.169 24.30 km (calculated) |
| 8.0199 h 8.02272 h | |
| 0.057 (assumed) 0.244±0.033 | |
| C | |
| 11.7 · 11.8 | |
1597 Laugier, provisional designation 1949 EB, is an asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 March 1949, by French astronomer Louis Boyer at the north African Algiers Observatory in Algeria. It was later named after French astronomer Marguerite Laugier.