1815 Beethoven
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1815 Beethoven, provisional designation 1932 CE1, is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 30 kilometers (19 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 27 January 1932, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory.[1] The uncommon F-type asteroid seems to have a long rotation period of 54 hours (tentative).[13] It was named after Ludwig van Beethoven.[1]
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
Discovery date | 27 January 1932 |
Designations | |
(1815) Beethoven | |
Named after | Ludwig van Beethoven[1] (German composer) |
1932 CE1 · 1938 EP 1952 SO · 1954 BD 1958 TJ · 1969 UY1 1971 BN1 | |
main-belt[1][2] · (outer) background[3][4] | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 86.62 yr (31,638 d) |
Aphelion | 3.7534 AU |
Perihelion | 2.5495 AU |
3.1515 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1910 |
5.59 yr (2,043 d) | |
206.51° | |
0° 10m 34.32s / day | |
Inclination | 2.7406° |
110.81° | |
358.50° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 23.74±7.79 km[5] 29.82±0.28 km[6] 30.36±2.2 km[7] 30.598±0.168 km[8][9] 32.74±1.30 km[10] 33.899±0.294 km[11] |
54±1 h[12] | |
0.0439[11] 0.048[10] 0.0548[7] 0.057[6] 0.09[5] 0.104[8] | |
Tholen = F[2][13] C0 (Barucci)[3] B–V = 0.617[2] U–B = 0.330[2] | |
11.33[5] 11.36[1][2][6][7][8][10][11][13] | |
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