(14576) Jefholley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jeffrey Holley mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the St. Peter Chanel Interparochial School, Paulina, Louisiana.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jefholley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jefholley is 2.11 au from the Sun and 1.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14576 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QO92 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.26 km (#14,573 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.263 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 2.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Jeffrey
- (7376) Jefftaylor
- (7657) Jefflarsen
- (9519) Jeffkeck
- (9564) Jeffwynn
- (11691) Easterwood
- (15088) Licitra
- (19598) Luttrell
- (21507) Bhasin
- (22564) Jeffreyxing
- (22991) Jeffreyklus
- (23038) Jeffbaughman
- (28813) Jeffreykurtz
All asteroids named after someone called Jeffrey
Also discovered on 28 August 1998
- (10236) Aayushkaran
- (13292) Hernandezmon
- (14124) Kamil
- (14575) Jamesblanc
- (16962) Elizawoolard
- (17870) Pannett
- (20413) Josephdemartini
- (21560) Analyons
- (21561) Masterman
- (23833) Mowers
- (23834) Mukhopadhyay
- (25075) Kiyomoto