(16258) Willhayes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of William Hayes for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Hayes is a teacher at the Bloomington High School North, Bloomington, Indiana.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Willhayes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Willhayes is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16258 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JP13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.06 km (#12,604 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.129 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.72 |
| Orbital period | 3.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 8.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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