(16094) Scottmccord Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Scott McCord mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Astronaut High School, Titusville, Florida.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Scottmccord is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Scottmccord is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16094 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TQ222 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.59 km (#11,450 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.57 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 5.72° |
| 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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