Discovered by W. Baade Alternative names 1921 KU Aphelion 3.0752 AU (460.04 Gm) Discovered 9 November 1921 Orbits Sun Discovery site Hamburg Observatory | Discovery date 9 November 1921 Observation arc 91.69 yr (33489 days) Perihelion 2.3593 AU (352.95 Gm) Absolute magnitude 9.91 Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Walter Baade discoveries 944 Hidalgo, 1036 Ganymed, 1566 Icarus |
966 Muschi is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered on November 9, 1921 by the German astronomer Walter Baade out of the Hamburger Sternwarte. Baade named the asteroid after his wife's nickname.
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