(199741) Weidner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 April 2006 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Scott E. Weidner (b. 1961), an Assistant Vice President for Engineering at Princeton University, served as a SWAP Instrument Project Manager for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Weidner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Weidner is 3.05 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 199741 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 HC152 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.36 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.95 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0700 |
| Inclination | 2.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.96 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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