(7682) Miura Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 February 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Katsumi Miura (b. 1953), technical official of the Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo, is an amateur astronomer and a lover of space development. He served as director of the Hiroshima Chapter of the Young Astronauts Club from 1988 to 1999.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Miura is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miura is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7682 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 CY19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.40 km (#11,847 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.332 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 4.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.208 |
| Inclination | 6.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.