(95980) Haroldhill Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 June 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Harold Hill (1920-2005) was a well known selenographer with the British Astronomical Association's Lunar Section and is considered to have been the last of the great visual lunar cartographers. He received the BAA Merlin Medal in 1969 and is best remembered for his seminal 1991 work, Portfolio of Lunar Drawings.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Haroldhill is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Haroldhill is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 95980 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 LE30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.78 km (#15,701 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.331 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.219 |
| Inclination | 14.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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