(375067) Hewins Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 September 2007 by M. Ory at Vicques.
As a professor at Rutgers University, Roger Hewins (b. 1940) has pioneered the use of experimental petrology to understand chondrule formation. He also studied meteorites from planetary bodies like Vesta and Mars. Hewins received the Leonard Medal of the Meteoritical Society in 2014 in Casablanca, Morocco.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hewins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hewins is 3.49 au from the Sun and 3.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 375067 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 RJ6 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.03 |
| Orbital period | 5.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 3.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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