(16259) Housinger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Sharon Housinger for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Housinger is a teacher at the University of Chicago Laboratory School, Chicago, Illinois.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Housinger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Housinger is 3.13 au from the Sun and 4.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16259 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JR13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.89 km (#5,839 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 4.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 11.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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