1017 Jacqueline
Shape model of Jacqueline from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | B. Jekhovsky |
| Discovery site | Algiers Obs. |
| Discovery date | 4 February 1924 |
| Designations | |
| (1017) Jacqueline | |
Named after | Jacqueline Zadoc-Kahn Eisenmann (discoverer's pupil) |
| 1924 QL · 1929 LG 1953 AC · A924 ED A924 CH | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 92.01 yr (33,607 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.8098 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.4017 AU |
| 2.6058 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0783 |
| 4.21 yr (1,536 d) | |
| 292.84° | |
| 0° 14m 3.48s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.9280° |
| 118.94° | |
| 68.145° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
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| 7.87±0.01 h | |
Pole ecliptic latitude |
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| SMASS = C | |
| 11.1 | |
1017 Jacqueline (prov. designation: A924 CH or 1924 QL) is a dark background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 4 February 1924, by Russian-French astronomer Benjamin Jekhowsky at the Algiers Observatory, Algeria, in North Africa. The carbonaceous C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 7.87 hours with a high brightness amplitude of 0.6 magnitude and measures approximately 39 kilometers (24 miles) in diameter. It was named after the French physicist and long-time pupil of the discoverer, Jacqueline Zadoc-Kahn Eisenmann (1904–1998).