(16242) Licato Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
James Licato (b. 2003) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his earth and environmental sciences project. He attended the Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Licato is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Licato is 2.21 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16242 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GT126 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.24 km (#5,586 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Rotation period | 9.05 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 11.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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