(10934) Pauldelvaux Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 February 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Paul Delvaux (1897-1994) was a Belgian Surrealist painter who became famous for his somnambulistic nudes, walking in stations between the trains, between skeletons or sitting in front of ancient Greek temples.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pauldelvaux is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pauldelvaux is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10934 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 DN34 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.4 km (#2,597 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0400 |
| Rotation period | 6.29 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.71 |
| Orbital period | 5.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.02 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0622 |
| Inclination | 3.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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