1239 Queteleta

Queteleta
Discovery
Discovered by E. Delporte
Discovery site Uccle
Discovery date 4 February 1932
Designations
MPC designation 1239
Named after
Adolphe Quetelet
1932 CB
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 84.13 yr (30728 days)
Aphelion 3.2822371 AU (491.01568 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0369562 AU (304.72431 Gm)
2.659597 AU (397.8700 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.2341109
4.34 yr (1584.2 d)
180.71075°
 13m 38.056s / day
Inclination 1.661919°
73.16236°
35.51184°
Earth MOID 1.05243 AU (157.441 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.86332 AU (278.749 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.346
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
7.97±0.9 km
0.0695±0.019
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]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
    2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. p. 101. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.

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