(35350) Lespaul Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 June 1997 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Les Paul (Lester William Pollfuss, 1915-2009) was a famous guitarist who, in 1950, invented the solid-body electric guitar. In his music he also for the first time used multitrack recording.Naming citation (20091004/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lespaul is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lespaul is 2.82 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35350 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 LP14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.26 km (#5,572 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 5.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 5.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Les
All asteroids named after someone called Les
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