(16089) Lamb Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
William Lamb mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lamb is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lamb is 3.05 au from the Sun and 2.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16089 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TG147 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.37 km (#8,418 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.100 |
| Rotation period | 17.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 3.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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