(16244) Broz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 April 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Miroslav Brož (b. 1975) is a celestial mechanician at Charles University, Prague. Brož specializes in numerical methods and the Yarkovsky effect, and he also teaches at The Observatory and Planetarium Hradec Králové.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Broz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Broz is 1.72 au from the Sun and 0.726 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16244 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GQ147 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.03 km (#15,126 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.160 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.72 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.261 |
| Inclination | 3.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.725 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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