(85014) Sutter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 January 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Brian Sutter (b. 1961) is an engineer at Lockheed Martin Company and the Mission Designer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Prior to OSIRIS-REx, he created or significantly contributed to the mission and system designs for the Phoenix, Juno, GRAIL and MAVEN, MRO, and Mars Odyssey missions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-11-17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sutter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sutter is 2.44 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 85014 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 BD38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.26 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 12.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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