(53137) Gabytutty Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 January 1999 by ODAS at Caussols.

Gabriela Paz Protz Miqueles (b. 1988) is a Chilean landscape architect and muralist who has been inspired by many astronomical scenes and signs her paintings as Gabytutty.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Gabytutty is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gabytutty is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number53137
Provisional designation1999 BL4
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.90 km (#10,823 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0670
Absolute magnitude (H)15.3
Orbital period4.42 years
Semi-major axis2.69 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.17 – 3.22 au
Eccentricity0.194
Inclination4.15°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.17 au

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

Also named after someone called Gabriela

Also discovered on 19 January 1999

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