(16262) Rikurtz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Richard Kurtz for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Kurtz is a teacher at the South Side High School, Rockville Centre, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rikurtz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rikurtz is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16262 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JR32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.29 km (#12,066 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.167 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 5.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.97 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0282 |
| Inclination | 2.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.96 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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