(20750) Tomaspaulech Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tomáš Paulech (b. 1975) is a Slovak astronomer and director of the Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory in Modra, Comenius University Bratislava. His research focuses on comets and meteors, as Chief Technical Officer in project AMOS, the All-sky Meteor Orbit System. In 1998 Tomáš observed the remarkable Leonid meteor shower outburst with J. Tóth.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 36), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tomaspaulech is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tomaspaulech is 3.14 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20750 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AF199 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.84 km (#6,736 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.165 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
| Orbital period | 4.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.253 |
| Inclination | 16.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.