(16202) Srivastava Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Siddharth Srivastava for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Siddharth is a student at the Baton Rouge Senior High School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Srivastava is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Srivastava is 2.41 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16202 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CE28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.10 km (#7,510 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Rotation period | 4.38 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 2.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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