(42609) Daubechies Mars-crossing Asteroid
Discovered on 27 February 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Ingrid Daubechies (b. 1954), a Belgian physicist and mathematician, became professor of applied mathematics at Princeton University in 2011. The first woman president of the International Mathematical Union (2011--2014), she is well known for her work on wavelets, one of which is now used in the JPEG 2000 standard.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-03-23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Daubechies is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Daubechies is 2.63 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 42609 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 DB34 |
| Orbit class | Mars-crossing Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.92 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.66 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.296 |
| Inclination | 4.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.658 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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