(8326) Paulkling Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 1981 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Paul Kling, the Oberburgermeister of Nördlingen in the Ries Crater of Germany, has successfully guided the prosperity and well-being of this ancient, walled Bavarian city as it has grown and developed and enters the twenty-first century.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Paulkling is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paulkling is 2.18 au from the Sun and 1.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8326 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 JS2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.18 km (#12,326 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.306 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.29 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 2.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.889 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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