813 Baumeia

813 Baumeia
Discovery [1]
Discovered byM. F. Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date28 November 1915
Designations
(813) Baumeia
Named after
H. Baum[2]
(German astronomy student)
A915 WJ · 1945 WC
1974 QR2 · 1974 QY2
A907 GH · 1915 YR
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc112.84 yr (41,213 d)
Aphelion2.2813 AU
Perihelion2.1646 AU
2.2230 AU
Eccentricity0.0263
3.31 yr (1,211 d)
226.31°
0° 17m 50.64s / day
Inclination6.2970°
51.942°
315.69°
Physical characteristics
10.543±0.002 h[9][10]
  • 0.2027±0.040[8]
  • 0.256±0.023[7]

813 Baumeia (prov. designation: A915 WJ or 1915 YR) is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 28 November 1915, by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[1] The common S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 10.5 hours and measures approximately 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) in diameter. It was named for H. Baum, a German student of astronomy at Heidelberg who was killed in World War I.[2]

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