(16186) Helenajiang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Helena Jiang (b. 2002) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry project. She attended the F. W. Buchholz High School, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Helenajiang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Helenajiang is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16186 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AK164 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.58 km (#9,592 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.271 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.58 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 13.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Helena
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