(16102) Barshannon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Barbara Shannon mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Westridge School, Pasadena, California.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Barshannon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Barshannon is 2.53 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16102 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VT68 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.04 km (#10,540 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 2.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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