(16015) Snell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sabrina Curie Snell (b. 1985) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her earth and space sciences project. She attends the School Without Walls, Washington, District of Columbia.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Snell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Snell is 3.29 au from the Sun and 3.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16015 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CK47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.7 km (#2,978 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0125 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 5.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 1.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Sabrina
All asteroids named after someone called Sabrina
Also discovered on 10 February 1999
- (10939) Maheshwari
- (10942) Natashamaniar
- (11197) Beranek
- (11407) Madsubramanian
- (15083) Tianhuili
- (15088) Licitra
- (15492) Nyberg
- (16012) Jamierubin
- (16013) Schmidgall
- (16014) Sinha
- (16016) Boylan
- (16022) Wissnergross
More named asteroids discovered by LINEAR
- (7904) Morrow
- (8744) Cilla
- (8745) Delaney
- (8954) Baral
- (9126) Samcoulson
- (9243) Alag
- (9454) Ardeishar
- (9458) Beaumont
- (9459) Gracecai
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (9465) Fergusonsam
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