(16113) Ahmed Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Tahir Ahmed for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Tahir is a student at the Midwood High School at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ahmed is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ahmed is 3.19 au from the Sun and 4.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16113 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XN23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.75 km (#13,341 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.263 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 |
| Orbital period | 4.97 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0962 |
| Inclination | 2.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 December 1999
- (13840) Wayneanderson
- (13841) Blankenship
- (13843) Cowenbrown
- (14224) Gaede
- (14678) Pinney
- (16114) Alyono
- (16116) Balakrishnan
- (16117) Herbst
- (16142) Leung
- (20713) Sheward
- (21990) Garretyazzie
- (21991) Zane