(16214) Venkatachalam Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Vivek Venkatachalam for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Vivek is a student at the Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Venkatachalam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Venkatachalam is 2.12 au from the Sun and 1.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16214 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CM87 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.26 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 7.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.977 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Vivek
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Also discovered on 4 February 2000
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- (16212) Theberge
- (23155) Judithblack
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- (25783) Brandontyler
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- (25798) Reneeschaaf
- (25799) Anmaschlegel
- (25800) Glukhovsky
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