(88906) Moutier Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 October 2001 by M. Ory at Vicques.
Moutier is a medieval and industrial town set in the Jura mountains. Built next to the Moutier-Grandval abbey, it became a major intellectual and religious center in the Middle Ages. Today Moutier is famous for its well-developed industry for the manufacture of lathes.Naming citation (20050125/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Moutier is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Moutier is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 88906 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 TT1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.52 km (#13,896 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0980 |
| Rotation period | 64.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 8.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.