(622577) Miorita Apollo
Discovered on 2 June 2014 by EURONEAR at La Palma.
Mioriţa is a unique Romanian pastoral myth-ballad. A little ewe with supernatural powers denounces the evil plan of two shepherds to murder her master. But this shepherd resigns himself to his fate, asking to be buried by the sheepfold and imagining his cosmic wedding witnessed by nature, Sun, Moon, torch stars and one falling star, meaning his death.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #11, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Miorita is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miorita is 1.45 au from the Sun and 0.771 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 622577 |
| Provisional designation | 2014 LU14 |
| Orbit class | Apollo · near-Earth |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 19.71 |
| Orbital period | 1.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 0.708 – 1.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.450 |
| Inclination | 25.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.198 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.