(29053) Muskau Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
The landscaped park at Muskau sits astride the Neisse river on the border between Poland and Germany near Bad Muskau.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Muskau is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Muskau is 4.22 au from the Sun and 4.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29053 |
| Provisional designation | 4466 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.2 km (#4,974 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0670 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 7.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.64 – 4.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0745 |
| Inclination | 2.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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