(2982) Muriel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 1981 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
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Where Muriel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Muriel is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2982 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 JA3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.2 km (#3,091 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.132 |
| Rotation period | 3.99 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.98 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0665 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 May 1981
- (2742) Gibson
- (2773) Brooks
- (3837) Carr
- (3972) Richard
- (6204) MacKenzie
- (8326) Paulkling
- (8327) Weihenmayer
- (12680) Bogdanovich
More named asteroids discovered by C. S. Shoemaker
- (2459) Spellmann
- (2511) Patterson
- (2532) Sutton
- (2586) Matson
- (2614) Torrence
- (2686) Linda Susan
- (2705) Wu
- (2742) Gibson
- (2748) Patrick Gene
- (2773) Brooks
- (2834) Christy Carol
- (2891) McGetchin
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