1239 Queteleta
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | E. Delporte |
Discovery site | Uccle |
Discovery date | February 4, 1932 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 1239 |
Named after
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Adolphe Quetelet |
1932 CB | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 3.2807555 |
Perihelion | 2.0431381 |
Eccentricity | 0.2324647 |
1586.3444648 | |
219.13268 | |
Inclination | 1.66273 |
73.19819 | |
35.52442 | |
Physical characteristics | |
Albedo | 0.0695 |
12.4[1] | |
1239 Queteleta (1932 CB) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 1932, by E. Delporte at Uccle.[1] It was later named after the Belgian astronomer Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet.[2]
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