(16225) Georgebaldo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of George J. Baldo for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Baldo is a teacher at the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Georgebaldo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Georgebaldo is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16225 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DF71 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.31 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0193 |
| Inclination | 1.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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