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16172 Jayaweera

asteroid
Place asteroid Q1481096

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +23
Follows
(16171) 2000 AD97[3]
Followed by
(16173) 2000 AC98[4]
Absolute magnitude
+14.1, +14.27[15][16]
Albedo
+0.308[34]
Apoapsis
+2.506, +2.506164050393852[25][26]
Argument of periapsis
+343.46489, +343.1625892376888[29][30]
Diameter
+3.966[33]
Discoverer or inventor
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[35]
Longitude of ascending node
+95.98321, +95.9154412636077[21][22]
Mean anomaly
+137.39545, +208.8745688563418[31][32]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.09 (0.09–0.09, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
+5.66326, +5.666291887354742[17][18]
Orbital period
+3.49, +1274.3614572249[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[6]
Periapsis
+2.0953302, +2.094559411178317[27][28]
Provisional designation
1994 NW9, 1998 QV105, 2000 AZ97[7][8][9]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.3009122, +2.300361730786085[23][24]
Significant event
naming[11]
Site of astronomical discovery
Experimental Test Site[2]
Time of discovery or invention
January 4, 2000[10]
Time of periapsis
+2461535.4678462665[36]
🏷️ Also known as
en 16172 Jayaweera ar (16172) 2000 AZ97 de (16172) Jayaweera hu (16172) 2000 AZ97 it (16172) 2000 AZ97 ru 1994 NW9 ru 1998 QV105 ru 2000 AZ97 sv 2000 AZ97 zh 小行星16172
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1233fb46
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20016172
Minor Planet Center body ID
16172
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet16172Provisional2000AZ97"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(16173) 2000 AC98
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(16173) 2000 AC98
Follows 1
(16171) 2000 AD97
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(16171) 2000 AD97
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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