(16253) Griffis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Wanda Griffis for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Griffis is a teacher at the Murphy High School, Mobile, Alabama.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Griffis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Griffis is 3.32 au from the Sun and 4.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16253 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HJ52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.96 km (#10,689 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.164 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.18 |
| Orbital period | 5.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 11.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 29 April 2000
- (15620) Beltrami
- (15621) Erikhovland
- (15627) Hong
- (15628) Gonzales
- (15629) Sriner
- (16249) Cauchy
- (16251) Barbifrank
- (16252) Franfrost
- (16254) Harper
- (17258) Whalen
- (18084) Adamwohl
- (23172) Williamartin