(16132) Angelakim Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Angela Soeun Kim for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Angela is a student at the Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Angelakim is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Angelakim is 2.69 au from the Sun and 2.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16132 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XH99 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.82 km (#5,212 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.44 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 1.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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