1017 Jacqueline
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1017 Jacqueline is an asteroid
. It was discovered by Benjamin Jekhowsky
on February 4, 1924. Its provisional designation was 1924 QL. It was named after a Jacqueline Zadoc-Kahn, a disciple of Benjamin Jekhowsky.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
. It was discovered by Benjamin Jekhowsky
Benjamin Jekhowsky
Benjamin Jekhowsky , died in 1975, Encausse-les-Thermes ) was a Russian-French astronomer, born in Saint-Petersburg in a noble family of a Russian railroad official. After attending Moscow University, he worked at the Paris Observatory beginning in 1912...
on February 4, 1924. Its provisional designation was 1924 QL. It was named after a Jacqueline Zadoc-Kahn, a disciple of Benjamin Jekhowsky.