(16207) Montgomery Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 February 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Michael Montgomery (1925-2011) was a well-known jazz and ragtime piano player in the Detroit area of Michigan, and had one of the largest private collections of antique piano rolls in the U.S.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Montgomery is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Montgomery is 3.10 au from the Sun and 4.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16207 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CV40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.89 km (#7,774 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.178 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.65 |
| Orbital period | 5.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0943 |
| Inclination | 9.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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