(16947) Wikrent Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brian Wikrent mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Robbinsdale Cooper High School, New Hope, Minnesota.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wikrent is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wikrent is 2.52 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16947 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HN80 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.51 km (#16,249 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.370 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 2.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.886 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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