(16255) Hampton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 April 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Donald L. Hampton (b. 1963), an atmospheric physicist at Ball Aerospace and Technology, has served as the system engineer for all the scientific instruments on the Deep Impact mission.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Hampton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hampton is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16255 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HX63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.63 km (#11,373 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.157 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 5.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 0.858° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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