(281445) Scotthowe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 September 2008 by J. W. Young at Wrightwood.
A. Scott Howe (b. 1960) is a senior engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is a NASA development team member building long-duration human habitats for deep space, and permanent outposts for the moon and Mars.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Scotthowe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Scotthowe is 2.63 au from the Sun and 2.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 281445 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 SS84 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0445 |
| Inclination | 5.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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