(7921) Huebner Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 September 1982 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.

Named in honor of Walter F. Huebner (b. 1928), for his seminal contributions to small bodies studies in general, and to cometary studies in particular. Over several decades, Huebner has worked on opacities, equations of state and other physical constants relevant to both planetary science and astrophysics. He has served diligently on countless committees and at NASA headquarters, and he has written and edited scientific books and reviews. Huebner has spent the majority of his career at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. Colleagues around the world appreciate his technical talents, his warm personality and his mischievous sense of humor. Citation written by S. A. Stern at the request of the discoverer.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Huebner is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Huebner is 2.43 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7921
Provisional designation	1982 RF
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	5.59 km (#9,589 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.156
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.19
Orbital period	3.73 years
Semi-major axis	2.41 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.86 – 2.95 au
Eccentricity	0.228
Inclination	2.30°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.855 au

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

Also named after someone called Walter

All asteroids named after someone called Walter

Also discovered on 15 September 1982

More named asteroids discovered by E. Bowell

All 554

← (7919) Prime · (7922) Violalaurenti →