(16197) Bluepeter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Launched in 1959, Blue Peter is the BBC's longest-running and most-watched children's television program. It offers British children a passport to adventures, opportunities and aspirations they can't find anywhere else. The program covers an astounding range of topics, including science and astronomy.Naming citation (20041126/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bluepeter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bluepeter is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16197 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AA243 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.18 km (#12,318 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.364 |
| Rotation period | 2.71 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.237 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.871 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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