1611 Beyer
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 17 February 1950 |
| Designations | |
| (1611) Beyer | |
Named after | Max Beyer (astronomer) |
| 1950 DJ · 1958 RE | |
| main-belt · (outer) Hygiea | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 67.10 yr (24,510 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.6837 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.6637 AU |
| 3.1737 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1607 |
| 5.65 yr (2,065 days) | |
| 150.69° | |
| 0° 10m 27.48s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.2818° |
| 237.54° | |
| 75.717° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 15.46±4.34 km 23.25±1.77 km 24.30 km (calculated) 24.444±0.192 km | |
| 13.2608±0.0113 h 13.29 h | |
| 0.057 (assumed) 0.062±0.014 0.10±0.08 0.101±0.017 | |
| C (assumed) | |
| 11.30 · 11.538±0.001 (R) · 11.70 · 11.8 · 11.93±0.21 · 12.08 | |
1611 Beyer, provisional designation 1950 DJ, is a carbonaceous Hygiean asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 17 February 1950, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany. It was named after astronomer Max Beyer.