(16076) Barryhaase Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Barry Haase mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the C. Leon King High School, Tampa, Florida.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Barryhaase is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Barryhaase is 2.41 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number16076
Provisional designation1999 RV131
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.71 km (#11,218 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.183
Rotation period4.79 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.84
Orbital period4.10 years
Semi-major axis2.56 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.32 – 2.81 au
Eccentricity0.0943
Inclination9.80°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.34 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Barry

Also discovered on 9 September 1999

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