(18880) Toddblumberg Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Todd James Blumberg (b. 1984) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his microbiology project. He attends the Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Toddblumberg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Toddblumberg is 3.44 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18880 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XM166 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.28 km (#12,089 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.265 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.22 |
| Orbital period | 5.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 9.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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