(16228) Adhamkassem Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Adham Mohab Kassem (b. 2000) was awarded first place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his plant sciences project. He attended the College Park High School, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Adhamkassem is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Adhamkassem is 3.59 au from the Sun and 4.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16228 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EC39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.4 km (#4,849 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Rotation period | 6.20 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 0.375° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 March 2000
- (15126) Brittanyanderson
- (17238) Brianwu
- (18891) Kamler
- (27368) Raytesar
- (27372) Ujifusa
- (27386) Chadcampbell
- (27387) Chhabra
- (27390) Kyledavis
- (28551) Paulomi
- (28553) Bhupatiraju
- (28554) Adambowman
- (28555) Jenniferchan