(16085) Laffan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
John Laffan mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Clinton Senior High School, Clinton, New York.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Laffan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Laffan is 2.61 au from the Sun and 1.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16085 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TM27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0726 |
| Inclination | 1.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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