(4761) Urrutia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 August 1981 by H.-E. Schuster at La Silla.
Named in honor of Antonio Urrutia A., Chilean lawyer in Santiago and for three decades legal advisor to the European Southern Observatory. The discoverer appreciates Urrutia's friendship and recalls his fruitful work.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Urrutia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Urrutia is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4761 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 QC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.73 km (#13,371 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.383 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.216 |
| Inclination | 25.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.864 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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