(36774) Kuittinen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Risto Kuittinen (b. 1946) was Director General of the Finnish Geodetic Institute during 1998--2011. He has devised remote-sensing techniques for snow and hydrology, in particular, for measuring the snow-water equivalent. He is a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. Name suggested by K. Muinonen and M. Poutanen.Naming citation (20110615/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kuittinen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kuittinen is 2.28 au from the Sun and 2.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 36774 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RK101 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.95 km (#7,722 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0910 |
| Rotation period | 4.56 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 13.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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