(50687) Paultemple Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 March 2000 by CSS at Mount Bigelow.
Paul Temple (b. 1954) is a pastor and amateur astronomer in Deming, New Mexico. He photometrically studies variable stars and minor planets and carries out spectroscopy with his own instruments.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #3, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Paultemple is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paultemple is 2.35 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 50687 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EC117 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.91 km (#10,800 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.222 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 22.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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