(16395) Ioannpravednyj Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 October 1981 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Ioannpravednyj (pious St. Ioann Kronstadtskij; Ivan Il'ich Sergiev, 1829-1908) was an archpriest who served in the cathedral of Kotlin island in the Gulf of Finland. He became famous for miraculous healing, generous charity and a pious life. He established a center to help unemployed and homeless people, the first in Russia.Naming citation (20090607/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ioannpravednyj is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ioannpravednyj is 2.40 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16395 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 US14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.16 km (#5,644 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 2.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.