(296820) Paju Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 November 2009 by M. Ory at Vicques.
PAJU is the nickname of a very popular show on French-speaking Swiss television. Passe-moi les jumelles talks about nature in all its states: the earth, the sea, the sky and the cosmos.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #13, 20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Paju is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paju is 2.28 au from the Sun and 1.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 296820 |
| Provisional designation | 2009 WT7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.93 |
| Orbital period | 4.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 1.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.