(16700) Seiwa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 February 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Seiwa village, where the Seiwa-Kogen public observatory is located, is in the center of the island of Kyushu. The village is famous for its Bunraku puppet shows.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Seiwa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Seiwa is 2.41 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16700 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 DZ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.81 km (#15,641 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.426 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0678 |
| Inclination | 3.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 February 1995
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- (7895) Kaseda
- (8048) Andrle
- (8304) Ryomichico
- (8305) Teika
- (10170) Petrjakes
- (23578) Baedeker
- (29345) Ivandanilov