(16215) Venkatraman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Dheera Venkatraman for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Dheera is a student at the Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington, New Jersey.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Venkatraman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Venkatraman is 2.03 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16215 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CB104 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.79 km (#17,222 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0845 |
| Inclination | 3.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.