(16035) Sasandford Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Astronomer and meteoriticist Scott Alan Sandford (b. 1957), a researcher at NASA's Ames Research Center, studies the connections between interstellar chemistry and the materials, particularly organics, found in meteorites. The name was suggested by D. P. Cruikshank.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sasandford is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sasandford is 2.90 au from the Sun and 3.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16035 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FX32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 21.5 km (#2,013 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0350 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0901 |
| Inclination | 9.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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