(16088) Jessgoldstein Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jessica Michelle Goldstein (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attended the Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, Plainview, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jessgoldstein is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jessgoldstein is 2.37 au from the Sun and 1.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16088 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TJ121 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.64 km (#11,346 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.271 |
| Rotation period | 5.25 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0358 |
| Inclination | 3.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Jessica
- (10464) Jessie
- (12091) Jesmalmquist
- (12215) Jessicalounsbury
- (13320) Jessicamiles
- (13848) Cioffi
- (15310) Meir
- (16203) Jessicastahl
- (18956) Jessicarnold
- (19447) Jessicapearl
- (20407) Jessicaagarwal
- (21407) Jessicabaker
- (21550) Laviolette
All asteroids named after someone called Jessica
Also discovered on 4 October 1999
- (13407) Ikukomakino
- (15093) Lestermackey
- (15509) Annejing
- (15510) Phoeberounds
- (17179) Codina
- (20626) Rider-Stokes
- (20638) Lingchen
- (20639) Michellouie
- (20641) Yenuanchen
- (20642) Laurajohnson
- (21804) Vaclavneumann
- (21815) Fanyang