(65657) Hube Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 August 1982 by A. Lowe at Siding Spring.
At the University of Alberta, Douglas P. Hube (b. 1941) has specialized in the study of short-period, massive, binary-star systems through spectroscopic and photometric observations. A tireless promoter of astronomy locally, he served as national president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada from 1994 to 1996.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hube is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hube is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 65657 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 QB4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.99 km (#7,662 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.79 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.274 |
| Inclination | 11.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.916 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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