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Discovery
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| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | October 18, 1931 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1206 |
| Named after | Boris Numerov |
| Alternate name(s) | 1931 UH |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.0267242 |
| Peri | 2.7044516 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0562315 |
| Orbital period | 1771.8176457 |
| Mean anomaly | 64.16563 |
| Inclination | 13.01439 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 324.50651 |
| Argument of peri | 280.46326 |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.8 |
1206 Numerowia (1931 UH) 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.
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