(16190) Kabirjolly Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Kabir Jolly (b. 2002) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his translational medical science project. He attended the College Park High School, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kabirjolly is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kabirjolly is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number16190
Provisional designation2000 AK191
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.31 km (#12,033 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.456
Absolute magnitude (H)13.58
Orbital period4.18 years
Semi-major axis2.59 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.39 – 2.80 au
Eccentricity0.0788
Inclination14.2°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.39 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 8 January 2000

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