(16059) Marybuda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mary Buda mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Winston Churchill High School, Livonia, Michigan.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marybuda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marybuda is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16059 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JV86 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.9 km (#4,641 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0346 |
| Inclination | 7.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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