(17810) Brittholden Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brittany Holden mentored a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Dutch Fork High School, Irmo, South Carolina.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #11, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brittholden is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brittholden is 2.91 au from the Sun and 1.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17810 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FM100 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.05 km (#7,587 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Rotation period | 8.54 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 12.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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