(53316) Michielford Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 May 1999 by G. Hug at Eskridge.
Michiel Ford (b. 1954), recipient of a Millken educator award, has been an amateur astronomer for more than 20 years. Through his enthusiastic efforts, Holton High School in Kansas now has Elk Creek Observatory, a modern high-school observatory complete with a 0.5-m Richey-Chrétien telescope and dome.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michielford is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michielford is 3.15 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 53316 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JY3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.42 km (#14,190 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.347 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.41 |
| Orbital period | 4.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0931 |
| Inclination | 3.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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