1597 Laugier

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1597 Laugier
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Shape model of Laugier from its lightcurve
Discovery [1]
Discovered by L. Boyer
Discovery site Algiers Obs.
Discovery date7 March 1949
Designations
(1597) Laugier
Named after
 Marguerite Laugier
(French astronomer) [2]
1949 EB
main-belt  ·(outer) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
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
Dimensions12.885±0.169 [4]
24.30 km (calculated) [3]
8.0199 h [3]
8.02272 h [5]
0.057 (assumed) [3]
0.244±0.033 [4]
C [3]
11.7 [1]  ·11.8 [3]

    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. [6] It was later named after French astronomer Marguerite Laugier. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    This asteroid orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.6–3.1  AU once every 4 years and 10 months (1,752 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 12° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] As no precoveries were taken and no prior identifications were made, Laugier's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation in 1949. [6]

    Physical characteristics

    Laugier is a presumed C-type asteroid [3]

    Lightcurves

    A rotational lightcurve for this asteroid from an unpublished source at the Asteroid Light Curve Database gave a well-defined rotation period of 8.020 hours with a brightness amplitude between 0.68 and 0.71 in magnitude ( U=3 ). [3] A similar period of 8.023 hours was previously obtained from remodeled data of the Lowell photometric database in March 2016. [1] [5]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Laugier measures 12.9 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.244, [4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for carbonaceous asteroids of 0.057, and calculates a diameter of 24.3 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 11.8. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after French astronomer and asteroid discoverer Marguerite Laugier (1896–1976). The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 August 1978 ( M.P.C. 4418). [7]

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    References

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