(14002) Johngoodhue Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 June 1993 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
John Goodhue (b. 1951) is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center. This data center and consortium serves more than 20 000 researchers, students, and educators at major colleges and universities in the northeast of the United States.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #2, 19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Johngoodhue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Johngoodhue is 2.51 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14002 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 LW1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.73 km (#11,160 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.261 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.236 |
| Inclination | 12.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.849 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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