(12911) Goodhue Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Samuel Harlowe Goodhue (b. 1921), engineer and alpinist of Jackson, New Hampshire, was Chairman of the Trails Committee and then the Huts Committee for the Appalachian Mountain Club. He has been generous with his time and talents to both the Mount Washington (meteorological) and Lowell observatories.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Goodhue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Goodhue is 3.48 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12911 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SQ59 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.8 km (#3,183 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Rotation period | 13.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.16 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 2.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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