(4431) Holeungholee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 November 1978 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
S. H. Ho, K.-K. Leung, T. Ho and Q.-W. Lee jointly established the Holeungholee Foundation in 1994 to reward high-level Chinese achievements in science and technology and to promote the further development of those achievements.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Holeungholee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Holeungholee is 2.84 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4431 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 WU14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 23.9 km (#1,785 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Rotation period | 9.81 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.95 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 10.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.