(16218) Mintakeyes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 February 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Minta Keys (b. 1961) is a veterinarian in Tucson, Arizona, who provides preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic care to cats. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Tucson Hermitage Cat Shelter.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mintakeyes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mintakeyes is 3.31 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16218 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DV14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.5 km (#4,834 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.75 |
| Orbital period | 5.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0946 |
| Inclination | 2.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 February 2000
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