(6181) Bobweber Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 September 1986 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Robert Weber (1926-2008), a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory for 34 years, led the team that developed the deep space satellite tracking network. Co-developer of the LINEAR project, he was responsible for the discoveries during its first year of operation, 1995--1996.Naming citation (20080321/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bobweber is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bobweber is 3.01 au from the Sun and 3.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6181 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 RW |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.46 km (#11,721 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.425 |
| Rotation period | 2.76 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.72 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.238 |
| Inclination | 7.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.877 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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