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Discovery
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| Discovered by | L. Boyer |
| Discovery site | Algiers |
| Discovery date | March 7, 1949 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1597 |
| Named after | Marguerite Laugie |
| Alternate name(s) | 1949 EB |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.1047207 |
| Peri | 2.5876997 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0908262 |
| Orbital period | 1753.8760417 |
| Mean anomaly | 87.00862 |
| Inclination | 11.80704 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 158.66395 |
| Argument of peri | 54.47325 |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.0 |
1597 Laugier (1949 EB) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 7, 1949 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.
It was probably named after French astronomer and asteroid discoverer Marguerite Laugier (1896–1976), but possibly (also) after French astronomer Paul Auguste Ernest Laugier (1812–1872).
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