(16626) Thumper Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1993 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Thumper was a fictional young rabbit in Walt Disney's 1942 animated film, Bambi. Thumper's wisecracks and antics have been comic relief for generations of children the world over. The name was suggested by R. Jedicke and P. Jedicke.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
🐶 Thumper as a dog name🐱 Thumper as a cat name
Where Thumper is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thumper is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16626 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 HJ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.81 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.89 |
| Orbital period | 4.94 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0319 |
| Inclination | 3.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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