(16119) Bronner Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Named in honor of Mordechai Joseph Bronner for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Mordechai is a student at the Rambam Mesivta, Lawrence, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bronner is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bronner is 2.35 au from the Sun and 3.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number16119
Provisional designation1999 XS60
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.82
Orbital period3.64 years
Semi-major axis2.37 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.91 – 2.82 au
Eccentricity0.193
Inclination2.01°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.895 au

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

Also discovered on 7 December 1999

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