(16198) Buzios Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
The city of Armação dos Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, is host to the Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2005 meeting. Búzios is known for its magnificent beaches and crystal-clear water that contrast with the exuberantly sculptured landscape and exotic vegetation.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Buzios is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Buzios is 2.12 au from the Sun and 1.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16198 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AB243 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.37 km (#9,932 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.351 |
| Rotation period | 104 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.41 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 12.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Rio
All asteroids named after someone called Rio
Also discovered on 7 January 2000
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