(16169) Janapaty Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shloka V. Janapaty (b. 2002) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental engineering project. She attended the Presentation High School, San Jose, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Janapaty is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Janapaty is 2.20 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16169 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AO95 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.80 km (#15,660 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.391 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0698 |
| Inclination | 1.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 January 2000
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