(8380) Tooting Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1992 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
Named for a suburb of London. Tooting's postal code is SW17. Name suggested by E. Bowell, who lived in Tooting for 13 years as a youngster.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tooting is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tooting is 3.17 au from the Sun and 4.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8380 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 SW17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.0 km (#5,087 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.240 |
| Rotation period | 36.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.33 |
| Orbital period | 4.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 14.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.