(13079) Toots Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 1992 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Jean-Baptiste, Baron (“Toots”) Thielemans (b. 1922) is a Belgian jazz harmonica player who worked with Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Joel and others.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Toots is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Toots is 2.43 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13079 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 CD3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.93 km (#12,912 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.287 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.28 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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