(16248) Fox Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Mitchell Fox for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Fox is a teacher at the Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Fox is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fox is 2.19 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16248 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HT13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.29 km (#12,065 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.264 |
| Rotation period | 5.06 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 2.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.985 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Mitchell
All asteroids named after someone called Mitchell
Also discovered on 28 April 2000
- (15619) Albertwu
- (15623) Maitaneam
- (15624) Lamberton
- (16247) Esner
- (28760) Grantwomble
- (28765) Katherinewu
- (28802) Boborino
- (28803) Roe
- (28808) Ananthnarayan
- (30245) Paigesmith
- (30248) Kimstinson
- (30249) Zamora
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- (9126) Samcoulson
- (9243) Alag
- (9454) Ardeishar
- (9458) Beaumont
- (9459) Gracecai
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (9465) Fergusonsam
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