1987 BZ1. Discovered 1987 Jan. 26 by E. W. Elst at La Silla. (*M 32415)
Francis Beaufort (1774–1857) was an admiral of the British Navy who devised the scale for classifying wind force at sea. Since the (originally 13) force numbers of the Beaufort scale made no reference to the speed of the wind, many attempts have been made to relate the numbers with wind velocity. (M 47297)
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(2006). (9161) Beaufort [2.66, 0.13, 14.1]. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_323
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