(16013) Schmidgall Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Emma Rose Schmidgall (b. 1985) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her physics project. She attends the Robbinsdale Cooper High School, New Hope, Minnesota.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schmidgall is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schmidgall is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16013 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CX38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.50 km (#13,975 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.209 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.58 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0660 |
| Inclination | 2.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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