(16226) Beaton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of John Beaton for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Beaton is a teacher at the Harvest Christian Academy, Barrigada, Guam.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beaton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beaton is 3.22 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16226 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DT72 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.19 km (#6,398 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Rotation period | 9.59 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.97 |
| Orbital period | 5.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.02 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0324 |
| Inclination | 8.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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