(16915) Bredthauer Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Richard Bredthauer (b. 1946) has been a CCD designer for the last 23 years, providing high-performance CCDs to the astronomical community. Richard has also fabricated several flight CCDs for NASA missions. including the Hubble Space Telescope.Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bredthauer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bredthauer is 4.51 au from the Sun and 4.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16915 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FR10 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.3 km (#3,306 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.113 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.12 |
| Orbital period | 7.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.34 – 4.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 7.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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