(16230) Benson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Carol Benson for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Benson is a teacher at the University High School, Normal, Illinois.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Benson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Benson is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16230 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EA95 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.45 km (#11,747 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.270 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0791 |
| Inclination | 8.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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