(16199) Rozenblyum Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Nikita Rozenblyum for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Nikita is a student at the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rozenblyum is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rozenblyum is 3.14 au from the Sun and 3.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16199 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BX26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.69 km (#13,481 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.271 |
| Rotation period | 3.96 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.42 |
| Orbital period | 5.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0708 |
| Inclination | 3.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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