(6050) Miwablock Amor
Discovered on 10 January 1992 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Miwa Block (b. 1972) is an astronomical observer and programmer for Spacewatch. She created Spacewatch's Fast Moving Object website, which allows volunteer amateur astronomers to discover new Near Earth Asteroids in Spacewatch mosaic imagery in near real time.Naming citation (20050523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Miwablock is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miwablock is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6050 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 AE |
| Orbit class | Amor · near-Earth |
| Diameter | 2.88 km (#15,488 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.257 |
| Rotation period | 5.76 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.24 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.437 |
| Inclination | 6.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.267 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 January 1992
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