(16079) Imada Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Keith Imada mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Maui High School, Kahului, Hawaii.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Imada is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Imada is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16079 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RP181 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.64 km (#11,355 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 1.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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