(16100) Hausknecht Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kaylie Hausknecht (b. 2001) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2019 Intel ISEF for her physics and astronomy project. She also received the European Union Contest for Young Scientists Award. She attended the Lynbrook Senior High School, Lynbrook, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hausknecht is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hausknecht is 2.33 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16100 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VO30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 1.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.919 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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