(14835) Holdridge Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 November 1987 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Mark E. Holdridge (b. 1960) is an operations manager at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University. His skillful guidance of the small NEAR Shoemaker Mission Operations team since 1997 resulted in nearly all of the spacecraft's spectacular science return from (253) Mathilde and (433) Eros.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Holdridge is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Holdridge is 2.08 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14835 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 WF1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.71 km (#7,992 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.271 |
| Rotation period | 10.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.29 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.70 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.278 |
| Inclination | 23.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.763 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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