(16117) Herbst Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Hannah Herbst (b. 2000) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her translational medical science project. She attended the Florida Atlantic University High School, Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Herbst is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Herbst is 3.01 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16117 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XS29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.1 km (#5,053 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 5.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 6.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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