(25750) Miwnay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 January 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Rock Finder.
Miwnay was the name of a Sogdian abandoned wife from Samarkand. Her letter written in 314 AD, preserved by the sands of the Taklamakan Desert, gave us a rare glimpse about the life in ancient Silk Road.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-12-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Miwnay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miwnay is 3.47 au from the Sun and 4.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25750 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BB4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.10 km (#7,518 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.116 |
| Rotation period | 769 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.01 |
| Orbital period | 5.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 10.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.