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16459 Barth

asteroid
Place asteroid Q568119

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
(16458) 1989 WZ2[5]
Followed by
(16460) 1989 YF1[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.6, 14.71[18][19]
Apoapsis
2.934, 2.932990271651608
Argument of periapsis
225.76297, 225.8581135903505
Discoverer or inventor
Freimut Börngen[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
151.22295, 151.166912026239
Mean anomaly
232.04361, 248.1433060289264
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Karl Barth[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.22 (0.21–0.22, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
2.69247, 2.692972818419554[20][21]
Orbital period
3.75, 1369.399283472302[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.8959168, 1.893718644002328
Provisional designation
1985 TL1, 1989 WE4, 1998 BX40, 1999 KH16[9][10][11][12]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.4148442, 2.413354457826968
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Karl Schwarzschild Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
November 28, 1989[13]
Time of periapsis
2461425.99021271
🏷️ Also known as
en 16459 Barth en Barth de (16459) Barth fa سیارک ۱۶۴۵۹ ru 1999 KH16 ru Barth ru 1989 WE4 ru (16459) 1989 WE4 ru 1985 TL1 ru 1998 BX40 sv 1989 WE4 uk 16459 Барт zh 小行星16459
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y0xvc
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20016459
Minor Planet Center body ID
16459

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Discoverer or inventor 1
Freimut Börngen
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(16460) 1989 YF1
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(16460) 1989 YF1
Follows 1
(16458) 1989 WZ2
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Karl Barth
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(16458) 1989 WZ2
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
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Summary

16459 Barth is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Karl Barth

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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