(6894) Macreid Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 September 1986 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.

Named in honor of Macgregor S. Reid, a highly regarded manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. For the past ten years he has been technical executive assistant to the director, responsible for planning and identifying issues of significance to the national space program and the laboratory's future. Reid is internationally recognized for his activities concerning international standard-setting. This object is being named to honor him on his retirement after a 30-year career at JPL. Citation prepared by E. C. Stone.Naming citation (19980610/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Macreid is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Macreid is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6894
Provisional designation	1986 RE2
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	7.68 km (#6,903 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.521
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.94
Orbital period	4.31 years
Semi-major axis	2.65 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.46 – 2.85 au
Eccentricity	0.0737
Inclination	21.2°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.54 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 5 September 1986

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