(9662) Frankhubbard Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 April 1996 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.

Named for the American harpsichord maker Frank Hubbard (1920-1976). After graduating from Harvard he traveled in Europe and gained a profound knowledge of early keyboard instruments, setting this down in his book Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making. In 1949, jointly with William Dowd, he set up a harpsichord workshop in Boston, which, through a process of fission, became the progenitor of several such workshops and led to the establishment of a tradition of harpsichord making in North America.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Frankhubbard is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Frankhubbard is 2.46 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	9662
Provisional designation	1996 GS
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	4.86 km (#10,897 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.248
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.77
Orbital period	4.60 years
Semi-major axis	2.77 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.29 – 3.24 au
Eccentricity	0.173
Inclination	9.32°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.29 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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