(223877) Kutler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 2004 by Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Brendan Kutler (1992-2009), an accomplished programmer, scientist, artist, Japanese scholar, tennis player and music editor for the online magazine The 8th Circuit, lifted fellow Summer Science Program alumni with his brilliance and selfless, upbeat attitude throughout their minor-planet orbit-determination project.Naming citation (20100527/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kutler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kutler is 3.29 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 223877 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 TO367 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.85 km (#10,909 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0360 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.89 |
| Orbital period | 5.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 4.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.336 |
| Inclination | 12.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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