(29204) Ladegast Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 April 1991 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Friedrich Ladegast (1818-1905), a German organ builder of European repute, followed Romantic trends and worked in the town of Weissenfels from 1846. With four manuals and 81 stops, his 1855 organ in the Merseburg Cathedral was the largest in Germany, and it was used by Liszt in composing his prelude and fugue on B-A-C-H.Naming citation (20020526/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ladegast is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ladegast is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29204 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 GB11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.47 km (#14,059 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.256 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0630 |
| Inclination | 9.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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