Discovered by E. Delporte MPC designation 1239 Observation arc 84.13 yr (30728 days) Orbits Sun | Discovery date 4 February 1932 Alternative names 1932 CB Discovered 4 February 1932 Discoverer Eugène Joseph Delporte Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Aphelion 3.2822371 AU (491.01568 Gm) Similar 218 Bianca, 1221 Amor, 2101 Adonis, 216 Kleopatra, 87 Sylvia | ||
1239 Queteleta (1932 CB) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 1932, by E. Delporte at Uccle. It was later named after the Belgian astronomer and mathematician Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet.
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