(315012) Hutchings Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 January 2007 by D. D. Balam at Mauna Kea.
John Barrie Hutchings (b. 1941) uses observations from the X-ray to the radio regimes to probe intrinsically-luminous stars, X-ray binaries, neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes, and active galactic nuclei and quasars.Naming citation (20120703/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hutchings is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hutchings is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 315012 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 BD31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.42 |
| Orbital period | 5.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 6.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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