(16693) Moseley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 December 1994 by D. J. Asher at Siding Spring.
Terence J. C. A. Moseley (b. 1946), editor of Stardust, 1992 Aidan P. Fitzgerald Medallist and founding member of the Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies, was the first amateur to use the recently restored six-foot Birr telescope in Sept. 2001. The name was suggested by J. C. McConnell.Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Moseley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Moseley is 3.09 au from the Sun and 4.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16693 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 YC2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.49 km (#9,732 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.234 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.82 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 11.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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