(7386) Paulpellas Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 November 1981 by Oak Ridge Observatory at Harvard.

Where Paulpellas is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paulpellas is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number7386
Provisional designation1981 WM
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.00 km (#10,613 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.281
Absolute magnitude (H)13.94
Orbital period3.68 years
Semi-major axis2.38 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.21 – 2.56 au
Eccentricity0.0732
Inclination4.94°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.23 au

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

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