(16120) Burnim Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Jacob Samuels Burnim for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Jacob is a student at the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Burnim is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Burnim is 2.91 au from the Sun and 2.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16120 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XV60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.95 |
| Orbital period | 5.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 2.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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