(16874) Kurtwahl Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 January 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kurt Wahl mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Troy High School, Fullerton, California.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kurtwahl is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kurtwahl is 2.37 au from the Sun and 3.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16874 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BK2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.51 km (#16,237 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.404 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.93 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0385 |
| Inclination | 3.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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