(16265) Lemay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Ron LeMay for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. LeMay is a teacher at the Nicolet High School, Glendale, Wisconsin.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lemay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lemay is 3.67 au from the Sun and 4.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16265 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JL43 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.76 km (#5,948 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 5.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 1.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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