(16034) Prechoudhary Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Prerit Choudhary (b. 2002) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical engineering project. He attended the College Park High School, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Prechoudhary is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Prechoudhary is 2.36 au from the Sun and 3.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16034 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FW32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.20 km (#12,269 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.302 |
| Rotation period | 3.70 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 4.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 March 1999
- (16035) Sasandford
- (53285) Mojmir
- (59388) Monod
- (59389) Oskarvonmiller
- (59390) Habermas
- (121089) Vyssi Brod