Asteroid 21050, Beck, was discovered by October 10, 1990 by Lutz D. Schmadel and Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg, Thuringia, Germany. It has a period of 4 years, 206 days.
It was named for German astronomer Hans G. Beck (born 1930), who for many years was head of the department for astronomical instruments at the optics company Carl Zeiss in Jena, Thuringia, Germany.
Astrologically, asteroid Beck seems to indicate androgyny or sensitivity (according to some astrologers),or being at another's beck and call.
Actor Alan Alda, who exemplified the "sensitive" sort of man in the 1970s, has Beck trine Pluto.
Alice Cooper has Beck sextile the Sun, square Pallas and quincunx Vesta.
Marilyn Manson has Beck on the Ascendant in the first house, trine Juno and the Ascendant and quincunx Venus.
David Bowie has Beck in the first house, trine Uranus.
George W. Bush has Beck in the first house, sextile Moon, Jupiter and Juno.
Late 19th-century US president, William McKinley, also known as a stooge of wealthy and powerful industrial interests, had Beck conjunct Varuna, trine Dioretsa, and opposite Mercury.
Condoleeza Rice has Beck in the sixth house, trine Pallas.
Ron Ziegler, who as Richard Nixon's press secretary acquired a reputation for being obsequiously devoted to his boss's interests, had Beck sextile the North Node, trine the South Node, and quincunx Asbolus.
Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell has Beck parallel Lilith.
The glyph for Beck is mine.