(5036) Tuttle Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 October 1991 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
Where Tuttle is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tuttle is 2.59 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5036 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 US2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 23.4 km (#1,827 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.125 |
| Rotation period | 3.77 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.09 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 2.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 31 October 1991
More named asteroids discovered by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H.
- (3720) Hokkaido
- (4000) Hipparchus
- (4096) Kushiro
- (4127) Kyogoku
- (4155) Watanabe
- (4215) Kamo
- (4260) Yanai
- (4282) Endate
- (4284) Kaho
- (4343) Tetsuya
- (4350) Shibecha
- (4410) Kamuimintara
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