(14815) Rutberg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 October 1981 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.
Filipp Grigor'evich Rutberg (b. 1931), a prominent expert in electrophysics, is director of the Institute of Problems of Electrophysics in St. Petersburg. He is widely known for investigations of powerful discharges in dense gas media, non-equilibrium processes in plasma streams and for the design of new electrophysical equipment.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rutberg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rutberg is 1.73 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14815 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 TH3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.70 km (#13,470 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.263 |
| Rotation period | 150 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.68 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.236 |
| Inclination | 4.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.666 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 7 October 1981
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- (1854) Skvortsov
- (1857) Parchomenko
- (1900) Katyusha
- (1902) Shaposhnikov
- (1903) Adzhimushkaj
- (1904) Massevitch
- (1905) Ambartsumian
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