(16175) Rypatterson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Ryan Randall Patterson for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Ryan is a student at the Central High School, Grand Junction, Colorado.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rypatterson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rypatterson is 2.61 au from the Sun and 1.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16175 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AL118 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.09 km (#12,514 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.184 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0819 |
| Inclination | 6.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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