(16043) Yichenzhang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yi-Chen Zhang (b. 1985) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yichenzhang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yichenzhang is 2.30 au from the Sun and 3.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16043 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GP23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.60 km (#13,715 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.312 |
| Rotation period | 90.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 6.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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