(1753) Mieke Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1934 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg.
Named in honor of the wife of former director of the Leiden Observatory Jan Oort. Name proposed by the Leiden Observatory.Naming citation (MPC 5357), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Mieke is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mieke is 3.25 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1753 |
| Provisional designation | 1934 JM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.4 km (#2,282 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.144 |
| Rotation period | 8.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.22 |
| Orbital period | 5.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0771 |
| Inclination | 11.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.