(16147) Jeanli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Jean Li for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Jean is a student at the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jeanli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jeanli is 2.37 au from the Sun and 1.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16147 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XL175 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.32 km (#14,434 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.351 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.07 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.77 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.223 |
| Inclination | 5.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.765 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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