(31147) Miriquidi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1997 by J. Kandler at Drebach.
The word Miriquidi is first mentioned in a document of the emperor Otto II in the year 974. It means “an impenetrable great dark forest” and can be localized to a region in the southern Saxony. Today, the word is used as a synonym for the Erzgebirge.Naming citation (20080618/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Miriquidi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miriquidi is 2.29 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31147 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 UA4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.52 km (#13,895 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.357 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0577 |
| Inclination | 3.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.