(16425) Chuckyeager Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 February 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Chuck Yeager (b. 1923) was the first pilot confirmed to have broken the sound barrier in level flight, piloting a Bell XS-1 aircraft, on the morning of October 14, 1947.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chuckyeager is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chuckyeager is 2.38 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16425 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 CY2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.10 km (#14,957 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.319 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0906 |
| Inclination | 3.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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