(10071) Paraguay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1989 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Paraguay is a South American country bordered by Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina. The Paraguay river runs through the country from north to south. The Guarani and other indigenous natives inhabited the country for thousands of years before the Spanish arrived in the sixteenth century.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Paraguay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paraguay is 2.55 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10071 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 EZ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.77 km (#15,712 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.332 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 6.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.