(16714) Arndt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 September 1995 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
German patriotic writer and poet Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860), born on the island of Rügen, was a professor of history at the University of Greifswald (which now bears his name), as well as in Bonn. A passionate agitator and singer of the German Wars for Liberation, he stood up for a revival in Germany.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arndt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arndt is 3.09 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16714 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 SM54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.57 |
| Orbital period | 4.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0791 |
| Inclination | 3.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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