(3865) Lindbloom Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 January 1988 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.

George G. Lindbloom (1934-1989), artist, designer, writer, cartoonist, teacher, photographer and humorist, designed the Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory for the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh and served as AAAP president from 1969 to 1971. He contributed more than 10~000 observations to the AAVSO.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lindbloom is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lindbloom is 2.21 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	3865
Provisional designation	1988 AY4
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	7.97 km (#6,610 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0880
Rotation period	20.0 hours
Spectral type	Xc
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.95
Orbital period	3.71 years
Semi-major axis	2.40 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.21 – 2.59 au
Eccentricity	0.0784
Inclination	6.55°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.20 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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