(16212) Theberge Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Ashleigh Brooks Theberge for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Ashleigh is a student at the Mount Ararat School, Topsham, Maine.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Theberge is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Theberge is 2.09 au from the Sun and 1.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16212 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CB84 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.08 km (#15,010 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.269 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0891 |
| Inclination | 6.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 February 2000
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- (16209) Sterner
- (16211) Samirsur
- (16214) Venkatachalam
- (23155) Judithblack
- (25778) Csere
- (25783) Brandontyler
- (25793) Chrisanchez
- (25798) Reneeschaaf
- (25799) Anmaschlegel
- (25800) Glukhovsky
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