1059 Mussorgskia
asteroid
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Summary
1059 Mussorgskia is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Vladimir Albitsky[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Simeiz Observatory[4]
- Named after: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky[5]
- Follows: 1058 Grubba[6]
- Followed by: 1060 Magnolia[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Commons category: 1059 Mussorgskia[9]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[10]
- Provisional designation: 1925 OA[11], A916 KA[12], A917 UC[13], A920 HA[14]
- Time of discovery or invention: July 19, 1925[15]
- Significant event: naming[16]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.1850796[17], 0.1882405[18], 0.1864130306024239[19]
- Absolute magnitude: 10.9[20], 10.93[21]
- Orbital inclination: 10.1002619 degree[22], 10.09736 degree[23], 10.08862904143405 degree[24]
- Orbital period: 4.29 years[25], 1569.792955288233 day[26]
- Rotation period: 5.636 hour[27]
- Longitude of ascending node: 200.37372 degree[28], 200.2830955945544 degree[29]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.6406191 astronomical unit[30], 2.643398459740511 astronomical unit[31]
- Apoapsis: 3.138 astronomical unit[32], 3.136162377710519 astronomical unit[33]
- Periapsis: 2.1435476 astronomical unit[34], 2.150634541770503 astronomical unit[35]
- Argument of periapsis: 88.07237 degree[36], 88.14473701658284 degree[37]
- Mean anomaly: 216.67853 degree[38], 139.4581272154322 degree[39]
- Diameter: 25.227 km[40]
- Albedo: 0.174[41]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[42]
Why It Matters
1059 Mussorgskia is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]