(16239) Dower Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Richard Dower for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Dower is a teacher at the Roxbury Latin School, West Roxbury, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dower is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dower is 2.88 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16239 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GY105 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.52 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.231 |
| Inclination | 3.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.943 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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