(16167) Oertli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Nicole Anne Oertli for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Nicole is a student at the Murphy High School, Mobile, Alabama.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oertli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oertli is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16167 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AJ89 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.19 km (#16,790 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.336 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 3.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.866 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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