(16220) Mikewagner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Michael Jacob Wagner for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Michael is a student at the John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikewagner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikewagner is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16220 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DB40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.00 km (#12,751 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.211 |
| Rotation period | 1.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 4.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0647 |
| Inclination | 2.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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