(7706) Mien Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Mien is a lake located in the province Små land in the southern part of Sweden. It is 9 km across and was formed by a meteorite impact about 120 million years ago.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mien is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mien is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7706 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FZ36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.39 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 2.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (8881) Prialnik
- (9372) Vamlingbo
- (9373) Hamra
- (9374) Sundre
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