(4443) Paulet Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 September 1985 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.

Peruvian scientist Pedro Paulet (1874-1945) built a liquid-fuel rocket engine in 1895 and a prototype of rocketry propulsion in 1900. The National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C., has a small plaque honoring Paulet's memory.Naming citation (20120831/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Paulet is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paulet is 2.04 au from the Sun and 2.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	4443
Provisional designation	1985 RD4
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	4.57 km (#11,503 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.338
Rotation period	171 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.84
Orbital period	3.34 years
Semi-major axis	2.24 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.97 – 2.50 au
Eccentricity	0.117
Inclination	3.61°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.991 au

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

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