(29760) Milevsko Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 February 1999 by Klet at Klet.

Milevsko is a small South Bohemian town founded in the 12th century at the crossroad of two trade routes. A Premonstratensian monastery was founded there in 1187. The Romanesque basilica of Our Lady, convent buildings and Romanesque-Gothic St. Gilles church can still be seen.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Milevsko is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsMilevskoMilevsko

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Milevsko is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number29760
Provisional designation1999 CM10
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.47 km (#8,284 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0800
Absolute magnitude (H)14.48
Orbital period4.57 years
Semi-major axis2.75 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.44 – 3.06 au
Eccentricity0.113
Inclination2.10°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.45 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 15 February 1999

More named asteroids discovered by Klet