The asteroid was discovered on April 6, 1989, and named after the German author Johann Karl August Musäus.
Johann Sebastian Bach | Karl Marx | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | August Strindberg | Johann Strauss II | August | St. Johann in Tirol | Karl Pilkington | Karl Lagerfeld | Karl G. Heider | Karl Rove | Karl Pearson | Karl May | Karl Liebknecht | Karl Friedrich Schinkel | Karl Dönitz | Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi | Karl Jenkins | Papal conclave, August 1978 | Johann Albert Fabricius | Stanisław August Poniatowski | Karl Stefanovic | Johann Christian Bach | Johann Georg Wagler | Karl Bodmer | August Derleth | Pernilla August | Johann Pachelbel | Johann Nepomuk Hummel | Johann Gottfried Herder |