(10934) Pauldelvaux
Asteroid (10934) Pauldelvaux |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.2143 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0646 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 3.0065 AU - 3.4221 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.5180 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 102.1320 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 58.6504 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.76 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.61 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 17.390 ± 0.156 km |
Albedo | 0.040 ± 0.008 |
Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | EW Elst |
Date of discovery | February 27, 1998 |
Another name | 1998 DN 34 , 1989 TF 15 , 1992 CQ 8 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(10934) Pauldelvaux is a main outer belt asteroid discovered on February 27, 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile .
The asteroid was on 23 May 2000 by the Belgian painter of Surrealism Paul Delvaux named (1897-1994), who at the Casino of Ostend , in the Conference Center Brussels and in the Zoological Institute of Liege -designed large-scale murals. Another world of Paul Delvaux opens up in the world of the railroad (Trains du soir).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Pauldelvaux: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10934) Pauldelvaux in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (10934) Pauldelvaux in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).