(10934) Pauldelvaux

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Asteroid
(10934) Pauldelvaux
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
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
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(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).

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