(16002) Bertin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 January 1999 by ODAS at Caussols.
Emmanuel Bertin (b. 1973) is the author of the well-known sextractor package, which is used in several observing programs for the automatic detection of minor planets. A specialist in cosmology, he now works for the Terapix consortium at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bertin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bertin is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16002 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 AM24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.13 km (#7,479 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0870 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 8.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.965 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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