83 Beatrix

A diameter of at least 68 kilometres (42 mi) was determined from the Beatrician stellar occultation observed on 15 June 1983.

It is named for Beatrice Portinari,[4] beloved of Dante Alighieri and immortalized by him in La Vita Nuova and The Divine Comedy.

On 16 February 2001, an occultation of a magnitude +9.09 star by this asteroid was observed from three locations.

The observers noted some dimming and flickering at the beginning of the event, which may indicate the star was binary or the asteroid has an irregular shape.

Previous occultations had been observed in 1983 and 1990, which produced a much larger size estimate of 81.4 km.