(18581) Batllo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1997 by ODAS at Caussols.
Valerie Batllo (b. 1967) works on cometary orbits at the Institut de Mécanique Céleste in Paris. She studies in particular how the short-period comets could be produced by encounters with the giant planets.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Batllo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Batllo is 2.31 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18581 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 XV8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.19 km (#12,300 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.231 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0475 |
| Inclination | 6.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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