(16092) Anudeepgolla Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Anudeep Golla (b. 2003) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computational biology and bioinformatics project. He attended the Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Anudeepgolla is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anudeepgolla is 2.65 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number16092
Provisional designation1999 TP171
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.97 km (#15,281 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.152
Absolute magnitude (H)15.24
Orbital period3.73 years
Semi-major axis2.40 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.05 – 2.75 au
Eccentricity0.145
Inclination0.600°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.04 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 10 October 1999

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