(381260) Ouellette Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 October 2007 by D. D. Balam at Mauna Kea.
John A. Ouellette (b. 1968) is currently an operations manager at the National Research Council of Canada and an authority on blue straggler stars.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ouellette is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ouellette is 3.33 au from the Sun and 4.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 381260 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 TD166 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.94 |
| Orbital period | 5.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 11.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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