(29329) Knobelsdorff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 October 1994 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Architect and painter Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (1699-1753), Frederick the Great's superintendent of the buildings in Prussia, is the main representative of the Frederician Rococo. Best known among his designs are the castle and Sanssouci palace in Potsdam, the opera house at Berlin and the Rheinsberg castle.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Knobelsdorff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Knobelsdorff is 2.12 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29329 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 TN16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.39 km (#16,470 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.309 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 4.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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