(187981) Soluri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 August 2001 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Michael R. Soluri (b. 1946) is a documentary photographer who served as the official project photographer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Soluri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Soluri is 2.64 au from the Sun and 1.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 187981 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QL307 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.04 |
| Orbital period | 4.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 0.822° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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