(5241) Beeson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 December 1990 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
Charlotte “Charlie” Beeson (b. 1990) is a British astronomer, computer programmer, gymnast, dancer and musician, who undertook research at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics for her Masters Thesis: “Methods to Improve Near-Earth Asteroid Discovery and Spectroscopic Characterisation Rates”.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beeson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beeson is 3.66 au from the Sun and 4.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5241 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 YL |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.4 km (#2,800 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.114 |
| Rotation period | 6.67 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.5 |
| Orbital period | 5.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 3.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.