16984 Veillet
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey |
| Discovery site | Caussols |
| Discovery date | January 15, 1999 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 16984 |
| 1999 AA25 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.3627344 |
| Perihelion | 2.0432910 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0725015 |
| 1194.3288489 | |
| 304.39495 | |
| Inclination | 5.74418 |
| 151.79613 | |
| 6.16307 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.9 | |
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16984 Veillet (1999 AA25) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 15, 1999 by the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey at Caussols.
Naming notice (21 Sep 2002)
Christian Veillet (b. 1954) was for several years head of the lunar-ranging station at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur. Now senior astronomer for the Canada-France- Hawaii Telescope, he is project scientist for the MegaPrime project. He recently discovered that the transneptunian object 1998 WW31 is a binary.