(16203) Jessicastahl Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Jessica Randi Stahl for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Jessica is a student at the South Side High School, Rockville Centre, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jessicastahl is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jessicastahl is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16203 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CH32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.50 km (#13,981 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.251 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 3.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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