(10749) Musaus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Johann Carl August Musäus (1735-1787), a private tutor at the court of Weimar, was the satiric author of the five-volume Volksmärchen der Deutschen, which brought him the reputation as a precursor to the brothers Grimm.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Musaus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Musaus is 2.43 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10749 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 GH8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.04 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.26 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 3.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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