(600) Musa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 June 1906 by J. H. Metcalf at Taunton.
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Where Musa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Musa is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 600 |
| Provisional designation | A906 LA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 25.1 km (#1,686 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.227 |
| Rotation period | 5.89 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0532 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (611) Valeria
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- (622) Esther
- (636) Erika
- (637) Chrysothemis
- (638) Moira
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