- 1206 Numerowia
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Numerowia DiscoveryDiscovered by K. Reinmuth Discovery site Heidelberg Discovery date October 18, 1931 DesignationsMPC designation 1206 Named after Boris Numerov Alternate name(s) 1931 UH Epoch May 14, 2008 Ap 3.0267242 Peri 2.7044516 Eccentricity 0.0562315 Orbital period 1771.8176457 Mean anomaly 64.16563 Inclination 13.01439 Longitude of ascending node 324.50651 Argument of peri 280.46326 Physical characteristicsAbsolute magnitude (H) 11.8 1206 Numerowia (1931 UH) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 18, 1931 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. It was named after Boris Vasil'evich Numerov, a Russian astronomer and geophysicist who was executed for espionage by the Soviet Union in 1941. The accusation was based on the fact that a German had named the asteroid after him.
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