(333511) Paulfleming Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 June 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Paul V. Fleming (b. 1956) is an American engineer who is the flight software subsystem lead for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission operations team. He has programmed flight software for the series of deep space probes built at the Lockheed Martin Waterton facility since the Magellan mission in the 1980s.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #18, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Paulfleming is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paulfleming is 1.76 au from the Sun and 1.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333511 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 MR4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.243 |
| Inclination | 5.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.735 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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