(16172) Jayaweera Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Milidu Jayaweera (b. 2004) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his robotics and intelligent machines project. He attended the La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jayaweera is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jayaweera is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16172 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AZ97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.97 km (#12,832 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.308 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0894 |
| Inclination | 5.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 January 2000
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