(16180) Rapoport Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Ezra Jacob Rapoport for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Ezra is a student at the Horace Mann School, Bronx, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rapoport is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rapoport is 2.30 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16180 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AZ136 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.29 km (#14,497 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.310 |
| Rotation period | 3.33 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 5.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.869 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 January 2000
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- (14252) Audreymeyer
- (16169) Janapaty
- (16172) Jayaweera
- (16179) Jeloka
- (16192) Laird
- (16193) Nickaiser
- (16194) Roderick
- (17201) Matjazhumar
- (19738) Calinger
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- (22080) Emilevasseur