(14989) Tutte Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 October 1997 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
William Tutte (1918-2002), an expert in combinatorics, was a faculty member at the University of Toronto for 14 years and then joined the faculty of the University of Waterloo in 1962.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tutte is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tutte is 3.30 au from the Sun and 3.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14989 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 UB7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.01 km (#7,627 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.299 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.22 |
| Orbital period | 4.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 3.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.284 |
| Inclination | 16.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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