(16101) Notskas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chrysi Notskas mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills, New York.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Notskas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Notskas is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16101 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VA36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.39 km (#11,865 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.210 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0562 |
| Inclination | 2.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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