(12516) Karenyoung Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Karen Young mentored a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Karenyoung is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Karenyoung is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12516 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HB45 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.89 km (#15,473 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.306 |
| Rotation period | 64.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.08 |
| Orbital period | 3.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0786 |
| Inclination | 4.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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