1215 Boyer

1215 Boyer
Discovery[1]
Discovered byA. Schmitt
Discovery siteAlgiers Obs.
Discovery date19 January 1932
Designations
(1215) Boyer
Named after
Louis Boyer
(French astronomer)[2]
1932 BA
main-belt · (middle)
Eunomia[3] · Maria[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc85.46 yr (31,214 days)
Aphelion2.9213 AU
Perihelion2.2352 AU
2.5783 AU
Eccentricity0.1331
4.14 yr (1,512 days)
324.91°
0° 14m 17.16s / day
Inclination15.915°
123.74°
266.02°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions13.041±0.106 km[5]
14.705±0.091 km[6]
17.47 km (calculated)[3]
20.68±0.79 km[7]
23.06±4.95 km[8]
24.65±0.36 km[9]
10.36±0.05 h[4]
0.116±0.022[9]
0.147±0.013[7]
0.17±0.08[8]
0.21 (assumed)[3]
0.3012±0.1397[6]
Tholen = S[1] · S[3]
B–V = 0.900[1]
U–B = 0.459[1]
11.00[8][9]
11.1[1][3][6]
11.14[7]
11.53±0.15[10]

1215 Boyer, provisional designation 1932 BA, is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by astronomer Alfred Schmitt in 1932, who named it after French astronomer and college Louis Boyer.[11]

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