(16413) Abulghazi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 January 1987 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
During 1643-1663 the historian Abulghazi Bahadur (1603-1663) ruled the khanate of Khorezm (now Uzbekistan). A copy of his writings on Mongols and Tatars fell into the hands of German naturalist D. G. Messerschmidt during a Siberian voyage and was published as Histoire généralogique des Tatars (Leiden, 1726).Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Abulghazi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Abulghazi is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16413 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 BA2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.2 km (#4,447 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.202 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.41 |
| Orbital period | 5.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0931 |
| Inclination | 12.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.