(16223) Racheljoseph Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rachel Joseph (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental engineering project. She attended the Somers High School, Lincolndale, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Racheljoseph is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Racheljoseph is 2.75 au from the Sun and 2.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16223 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DR69 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.04 km (#10,541 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.231 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.94 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0509 |
| Inclination | 1.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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