(16118) Therberens Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Theresa Joan Berens for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Theresa is a student at the Humanities and Sciences Institute, Phoenix, Arizona.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Therberens is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Therberens is 2.42 au from the Sun and 1.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16118 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XQ56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.65 km (#15,956 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.398 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.78 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 5.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.931 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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