1597 Laugier

Laugier
Discovery
Discovered by L. Boyer
Discovery site Algiers
Discovery date March 7, 1949
Designations
MPC designation 1597
Named after
Marguerite Laugier
1949 EB
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.1047207
Perihelion 2.5876997
Eccentricity 0.0908262
1753.8760417
87.00862
Inclination 11.80704
158.66395
54.47325
Physical characteristics
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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