(39405) Mosigkau Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
The castle at Mosigkau near Dessau, with its garden, is a relic of the Rococo period in Germany. It was built for a princess of Anhalt.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mosigkau is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mosigkau is 4.27 au from the Sun and 5.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 39405 |
| Provisional designation | 1063 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.6 km (#3,233 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0400 |
| Rotation period | 4.99 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.37 |
| Orbital period | 7.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.08 – 4.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.222 |
| Inclination | 1.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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