(16174) Parihar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Raminder Kaur Parihar for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Raminder is a student at the Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Parihar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Parihar is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16174 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AX116 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.50 km (#16,268 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.373 |
| Rotation period | 4.35 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 5.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.970 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 5 January 2000
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- (14262) Kratzer
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- (15099) Janestrohm
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- (15531) Matusch
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