(16414) Le Procope Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 August 1987 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
From his living room above Le Procope café in Paris, German painter and amateur astronomer Hermann Goldschmidt discovered 14 new minor planets during 1852-1861. The café, apparently the oldest in Paris, was established by Francesco Procopio in 1686.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Le Procope is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Le Procope is 1.97 au from the Sun and 1.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16414 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 QO5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.65 km (#15,957 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.359 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 3.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.897 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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