| Minorplanet: | yes |
| 2016 Heinemann | |
| Background: |
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| Discovered: | 18 September 1938 |
| Mpc Name: | (2016) Heinemann |
| Alt Names: | 1938 SE1927 SM 1930 DF 1972 VY A905 UF |
| Named After: | Karl Heinemann |
| Epoch: | 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
| Observation Arc: | 111.34 yr (40,667 days) |
| Perihelion: | 2.5295 AU |
| Semimajor: | 3.1293 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.1917 |
| Period: | 5.54 yr (2,022 days) |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Inclination: | 0.9191° |
| Asc Node: | 16.986° |
| Arg Peri: | 340.99° |
| Dimensions: | 21.68 km km km km km |
| Albedo: | 0.0653 |
| Abs Magnitude: | 11.411.8011.9 |
2016 Heinemann, provisional designation, is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 18 September 1938, by German astronomer Alfred Bohrmann at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany, and later named after ARI-astronomer Karl Heinemann (1898–1970).
Heinemann is a member of the Themis family, a dynamical family of carbonaceous asteroids with nearly coplanar ecliptical orbits, located in the outer-belt main. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.5–3.7 AU once every 5 years and 6 months (2,022 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.19 and an inclination of 1° with respect to the ecliptic.
The body's observation arc begins 33 year prior to its official discovery observation, with its first identification as at Heidelberg in October 1905.
In October 2016, a rotational lightcurve of Heinemann was obtained from photometric observations by French astronomer Matthieu Conjat. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 22.96 hours with a brightness variation of 0.36 magnitude .
According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Heinemann measures between 22.435 and 25.52 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.058 and 0.0944.
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0653 and a diameter of 21.68 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 11.9.
This minor planet was named after Karl Heinemann (1898–1970), German astronomer and long-time staff member at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut. His activities included spherical astronomy and the editing of the "Astronomischer Jahresbericht" during 1934–1958.
The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 October 1977 .