(9700) Paech Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Wolfgang Paech (b. 1951) is an electronic engineer on the staff of the Institute of Geodesy at the University of Hannover, where he serves as technical manager of the astronomical station. An enthusiastic amateur astronomer, Paech is a keen observer of solar phenomena and eclipses. The name was suggested by L. D. Schmadel.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Paech is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paech is 2.47 au from the Sun and 3.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	9700
Provisional designation	3058 T-1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	2.64 km (#15,980 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.440
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.6
Orbital period	3.24 years
Semi-major axis	2.19 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.83 – 2.55 au
Eccentricity	0.166
Inclination	6.24°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.825 au

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

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Also discovered on 26 March 1971

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