(333081) Cutts Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 September 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.

Jonathan Cutts (b. 1983) was a Planning Specialist on the OSIRIS-REx mission. He is enthusiastic about learning about the creation of the universe.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #10, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Cutts is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cutts is 2.36 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number333081
Provisional designation2011 UM122
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.65
Orbital period3.85 years
Semi-major axis2.46 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.03 – 2.88 au
Eccentricity0.172
Inclination4.17°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.05 au

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

Also named after someone called Jonathan

Also discovered on 13 September 2007

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