(12059) du Chatelet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Emilie du Châtelet (1706-1749), an acknowledged scientist among the leading thinkers of her time, translated Newton's Principia Mathematica into French in 1749, this still being considered the best existing translation. In 1745 she showed that the energy of a moving object is proportional to its mass and the square of its velocity.Naming citation (20090607/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where du Chatelet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: du Chatelet is 2.35 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12059 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 ED14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.83 km (#10,947 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.132 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.31 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 4.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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