(7054) Brehm Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Named in memory of the two Thuringian naturalists Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787-1864) and Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884), father and son. Ludwig Brehm was a renowned ornithologist who gathered a unique scientific collection of 15 000 bird skins and was the author of several ornithological books. Alfred Brehm, a zoologist, went on several expeditions across Europe and to Siberia and North Africa, as a result of which he published the famous Brehms Tierleben (1863-1870), which has been translated into many languages. Both father and son were buried in the village of Renthendorf, near Jena, where Ludwig was parson for more than 50 years and Alfred was born and died.Naming citation (19960828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brehm is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brehm is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7054 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 GL8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.71 km (#13,451 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.245 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.58 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 6.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.