(58345) Moomintroll Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 February 1995 by D. J. Asher at Siding Spring.
Moomintroll is the central character of the classic 1946 novel Comet in Moominland (Swedish title Kometjakten) by Finnish author Tove Jansson. Moomintroll and his friends discover that a comet is on a collision orbit with the Earth and the story details their adventures to avoid the threatened catastrophe.Naming citation (20110517/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Moomintroll is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Moomintroll is 2.01 au from the Sun and 2.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 58345 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 CZ1 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.48 |
| Orbital period | 2.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0429 |
| Inclination | 17.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.830 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.