(16114) Alyono Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Jennifer Christy Alyono for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Jennifer is a student at the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alyono is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alyono is 2.83 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16114 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XV23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.16 km (#14,803 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.307 |
| Rotation period | 7.89 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.72 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Inclination | 1.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.911 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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