(16123) Jessiecheng Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Jessie Cheng for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Jessie is a student at the Byram Hills High School, Armonk, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jessiecheng is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jessiecheng is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16123 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XQ83 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.98 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.224 |
| Inclination | 3.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.833 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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