18880 Toddblumberg
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
Discovery site | Socorro |
Discovery date | December 10, 1999 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 18880 |
1999 XM166 | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 3.8040848 |
Perihelion | 2.5921618 |
Eccentricity | 0.1894741 |
2089.0134431 | |
180.05642 | |
Inclination | 9.65453 |
20.02172 | |
30.32189 | |
Physical characteristics | |
14.3 | |
18880 Toddblumberg (1999 XM166) is a main-belt asteroid, which means it is a type of minor planet located roughly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This asteroid was discovered on December 10, 1999 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team (LINEAR) at Socorro, New Mexico.
Although discovered by LINEAR, 18880 Toddblumberg is not a near-Earth asteroid. Its closest approach to the Sun (perihelion) is about double the maximum distance of 1.3 AU that qualifies an asteroid as "near-Earth".[1]
This asteroid was named for Todd James Blumberg (b. 1984), a student at the Plano Senior High School in Plano, Texas who won a science award for his microbiology project in 2003.[2][3] Since 2001, hundreds of secondary school students who have won awards at science fairs have had asteroids named after them.[4][5]
See also
Meanings of minor planet names: 18001–19000
References
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- ↑ JPL Small-Body Database Browser, 18880 Toddblumberg (1999 XM166)
- ↑ 2003 Cleveland Intel ISEF Grand Award Winners, Society for Science and the Public.
- ↑ “Asteroid inspires winning science project”, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ↑ "2003 Award Honorees", Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.