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Asteroid 102 Miriam


Named after Miriam, the sister of Moses in the Old Testament.

This file is not available for download, but provided by the Alcyone Ephemeris Small Body Data File DVD.

ClassificationMain-belt Asteroid

Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch2454200,5
Semi major axis2,6622 AU
Period [Julian yrs]4,344 Julian years
Inclination5,176 °
Eccentricity0,2514
Lon. of ascending node210,929 °
Argument of perihelion147,383 °
Passage of perihelion2007-Aug-11.261337
Aphelion distance3,3314 AU
Mean anomaly332,031 °

Physical Data
Radius41,50 km
Rotation period15,789 days
Absolute magnitude (H)9,26
Magnitude Slope (G)0,15
Color index (B-V)0,726
Geometric albedo0,0507
Spectral classC

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererChristan Heinrich Friedrich Peters
Discovered1868-08-22

Data File
Data File Name102_Miriam.aed
Data File Date2006-12-22
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00