(16209) Sterner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Beckett William Sterner for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Beckett is a student at the University of Chicago Laboratory School, Chicago, Illinois.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sterner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sterner is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16209 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CB56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.193 |
| Inclination | 0.720° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.949 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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