12911 Goodhue
| Designations | |
|---|---|
| MPC designation | 12911 |
| 1998 SQ59 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.5868942 |
| Perihelion | 2.6083910 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1579432 |
| 1991.3397740 | |
| 357.37134 | |
| Inclination | 2.43325 |
| 96.93508 | |
| 177.18151 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.9 | |
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12911 Goodhue (1998 SQ59) is a main-belt asteroid.
It was named after Samuel Harlowe Goodhue (b. 1921), an engineer and mountaineer from Jackson, New Hampshire. He was honored for his volunteer work for the Mount Washington (meteorological) and Lowell observatories.[1]