(16744) Antonioleone Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 July 1996 by L. Tesi at San Marcello.
Since the early 1970s, amateur astronomer Antonio Leone (b. 1940), of Taranto, Italy, has developed principles of orbital motion in a manner easy for amateurs to understand. This has resulted in two books, Introduzione alla Meccanica Celeste and, with a co-author, Elementi di Calcolo delle Orbite.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Antonioleone is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Antonioleone is 2.16 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16744 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 OJ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.77 km (#15,706 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.351 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.254 |
| Inclination | 9.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.844 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 23 July 1996
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