(18932) Robinhood Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 2000 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.
Robin Hood was the legendary thirteenth-century English archer and outlaw of Sherwood Forest who, with his band of Merry Men, robbed rich unscrupulous officials to aid and protect the poor in what might be described as a medieval form of socialism.Naming citation (20010705/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Robinhood is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Robinhood is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18932 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QH35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.75 km (#13,331 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.199 |
| Rotation period | 13.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.88 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.237 |
| Inclination | 2.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.781 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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