1206 Numerowia
Encyclopedia
1206 Numerowia 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.
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
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...
discovered on October 18, 1931 by K. Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was a German astronomer.He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids , beginning with 796 Sarita in 1914, working at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl astronomical observatory on the Königstuhl hill above Heidelberg, Germany from 1912 to 1957.His most notable...
at Heidelberg
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
The Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory is an historic astronomical observatory located near the summit of the Königstuhl hill in the city of Heidelberg in Germany...
. It was named after Boris Vasil'evich Numerov
Boris Vasil'evich Numerov
Boris Vasilyevich Numerov was a Russian astronomer, land-surveyor and geophysicist. Born in Lyuban, he created various astronomic and mineralogical instruments, as well as for various algorithms and methods that bear his name...
, 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.