(16168) Palmen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Brandon Michael Palmen for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Brandon is a student at the Mayo High School, Rochester, Minnesota.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Palmen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Palmen is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16168 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AR91 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 0.762° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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