Matthew J. Holman

Matthew Holman
Born	1967 United States
Residence	Boston, United States
Nationality	American
Fields	Astrophysics
Institutions	Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Alma mater	Massachusetts institute of technology
Known for	Planetary science
Notable awards	Newcomb Cleveland Prize in 1998

Matthew J. Holman (born 1967) is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994. He was awarded the Newcomb Cleveland Prize in 1998.

As of 25 January 2015, he holds the position of an interim director of IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), after former director Timothy B. Spahr had stepped down.

He was a Salina Central High School (Kansas) classmate and fellow debate team member of Joe Miller, Alaskan Senate candidate. The main-belt asteroid 3666 Holman was named in his honour in 1999 (M.P.C. 34619).

For the period between 1999 and 2000, Holman is credited by the MPC with the discovery and co-discovery of several trans-Neptunian objects such as (44594) 1999 OX3 and (60621) 2000 FE8 (see table) and has been an active observer of centaurs.

He was also part of a team that discovered numerous irregular moons:

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