(16158) Monty Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
Monty Roberts (b. 1935), a true horse whisperer, has tirelessly taught that man-animal interactions, such as the traumatic breaking of horses, is bettered through nonviolent means. His writings extend these ideas and foster peaceable human-to-human interactions. The citation was written by M. Schwartz.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Monty is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Monty is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16158 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AV50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Inclination | 2.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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