(16274) Pavlica Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Robert Pavlica for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Pavlica is a teacher at the Byram Hills High School, Armonk, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pavlica is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pavlica is 2.03 au from the Sun and 1.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16274 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JX56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 7.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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