(30562) Guttler Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 July 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Carsten Güttler (b. 1980) is the project manager for the OSIRIS cameras on the Rosetta mission at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (Göttingen, Germany). His research includes the physical properties of dust in comets analyzed through laboratory experiments.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Guttler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Guttler is 3.51 au from the Sun and 4.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30562 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 ON72 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.49 km (#7,114 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.104 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 5.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 0.421° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Carsten
All asteroids named after someone called Carsten
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