(16266) Johconnell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of John McConnell for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. McConnell is a teacher at the Central High School, Grand Junction, Colorado.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Johconnell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Johconnell is 3.07 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16266 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JX43 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.67 km (#9,461 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.166 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 4.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0858 |
| Inclination | 16.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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