(16452) Goldfinger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 September 1989 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Pauline J. “PJ” Goldfinger (b. 1964) helped to organize the Palomar Observatory's 1.2-m Schmidt Oschin Telescope plate archive. In addition to working as an adaptive-optics operator and observer at the Mt. Wilson Observatory, she is active in the Los Angeles Astronomical Society.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Goldfinger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Goldfinger is 2.59 au from the Sun and 1.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16452 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 SE8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.47 km (#11,691 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.321 |
| Rotation period | 3.88 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0756 |
| Inclination | 6.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.