(16984) Veillet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 January 1999 by ODAS at Caussols.
Christian Veillet (b. 1954) was for several years head of the lunar-ranging station at the Observatoire de la Côte d´Azur. Now senior astronomer for the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, he is project scientist for the megaprime project. He recently discovered that the transneptunian object 1998 WW31 is a binary.Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Veillet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Veillet is 2.36 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16984 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 AA25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.30 km (#16,615 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.367 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.08 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0717 |
| Inclination | 5.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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