(16078) Carolhersh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Carol Hersh mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, New York.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carolhersh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carolhersh is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16078 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RG177 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.12 km (#14,923 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.219 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0277 |
| Inclination | 0.602° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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