(102) Miriam Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 August 1868 by C. H. F. Peters at Clinton.
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Where Miriam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miriam is 3.27 au from the Sun and 4.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 102 |
| Provisional designation | A868 QA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 82.6 km (#353 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Rotation period | 23.6 hours |
| Spectral type | P |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.252 |
| Inclination | 5.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.990 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (111) Ate
- (112) Iphigenia
- (114) Kassandra
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