(16852) Nuredduna Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 December 1997 by Lopez, A., Pacheco, R. at Costitx.
Created by Majorcan poet Miquel Costa i Llobera in his poem The inheritance of the Greek genius, Nuredduna is a priestess, a great visionary who belonged to a primitive nation that built many megalithic monuments called Talaiots that even nowadays are present in the Balearic islands.Naming citation (20010705/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nuredduna is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nuredduna is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16852 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 YP2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.71 km (#13,422 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.226 |
| Rotation period | 6.30 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 4.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.836 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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