(144096) Wiesendangen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 January 2004 by M. Griesser at Winterthur.
The name of this village in northeastern Switzerland, first mentioned in a document in the year 804 as “Wisuntwangas”, goes back to the “wisent”, or European Bison. Today, political self-sufficiency and high residential standards distinguish the municipality, in which the discoverer and his family have lived for more than 20 years.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wiesendangen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wiesendangen is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 144096 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 BV58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.219 |
| Inclination | 1.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.840 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.