(236810) Rutten Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 2007 by R. Apitzsch at Wildberg.
Harrie G. J. Rutten (b. 1950) is a Dutch optician, and the author of Teleskop Optics, and numerous articles and speeches on popular astronomy that have been well received by the public. He is a member of the Royal Dutch Society for Meteorology and Astronomy.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rutten is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rutten is 3.21 au from the Sun and 3.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 236810 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 RH14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.39 km (#8,395 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.63 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.00 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0341 |
| Inclination | 9.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.