(223950) Mississauga Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 December 2004 by Jarnac at Vail-Jarnac.

Mississauga, Ontario, is Canada's sixth largest city.Naming citation (20110218/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mississauga is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mississauga is 3.28 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number223950
Provisional designation2004 XY35
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.42
Orbital period5.82 years
Semi-major axis3.23 au
Perihelion – aphelion3.05 – 3.42 au
Eccentricity0.0577
Inclination8.85°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)2.07 au

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

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