(29765) Miparedes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Miguel Ignacio Paredes (b. 1994) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the American Heritage School, Plantation, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Miparedes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miparedes is 2.60 au from the Sun and 2.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29765 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CG23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.85 km (#9,150 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Rotation period | 30.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.24 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0912 |
| Inclination | 1.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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