(13848) Cioffi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Jessica Cioffi for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Cioffi is a teacher at the Oslo Middle School, Vero Beach, Florida.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cioffi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cioffi is 2.12 au from the Sun and 1.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13848 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XD75 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.56 km (#13,810 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.320 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.39 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 4.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.879 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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