(40314) 1999 KR16 is a trans-Neptunian object on an eccentric orbit in the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately 254 kilometers (158 miles) in diameter.

It was discovered on 16 May 1999, by French astronomer Audrey Delsanti and Oliver Hainaut at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile.

[1] The very reddish object is a dwarf planet candidate and has a rotation period of 11.7 hours.

Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.31 and an inclination of 25° with respect to the ecliptic.

[1] 1999 KR16 has two solutions of its rotation period of 6 and 12 hours, respectively,[7][8] and an albedo of 0.20.