(16074) Georgekaplan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
George H. Kaplan mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the School Without Walls, Washington, District of Columbia.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Georgekaplan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Georgekaplan is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16074 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RR129 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.66 km (#13,554 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.159 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0716 |
| Inclination | 2.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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