(283786) Rutebeuf Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 August 2003 by Saint-Sulpice at Saint-Sulpice.
Rutebeuf (1245-1285) was a French poet. He was one of the first to write about the “miseres et difficultes de la vie” : “que sont mes amis devenus que j'avais de si pres tenus, et tant aimes”.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-02-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rutebeuf is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rutebeuf is 4.33 au from the Sun and 4.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 283786 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 QF104 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 8.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 4.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.53 – 4.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 7.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.