(16231) Jessberger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Elmar K. Jessberger (b. 1943) is professor of experimental and analytical planetology and director of the Institute for Planetology at the Westfälischen Wilhelms-University in Münster. He is renowned for his work on lunar and meteorite chronology and microanalysis of cosmic dust.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jessberger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jessberger is 3.53 au from the Sun and 4.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16231 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ES130 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.04 km (#5,737 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Rotation period | 136 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.11 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 2.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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