(23016) Michaelroche Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Roche mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the High Technology High School, Lincroft, New Jersey.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelroche is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelroche is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23016 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VZ184 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.54 km (#13,852 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.155 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0300 |
| Inclination | 4.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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