102 Miriam
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| Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
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| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Semimajor axis | 2.661 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 1.985 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 3.337 AU |
| Orbital period | 4.34 years |
| Inclination | 5.17° |
| Eccentricity | 0.254 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 83 km |
| Rotation period | 15.789 hours |
| Spectral class | l |
| Abs. magnitude | 9.26 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.051 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | C. H. F. Peters, 1868 |
102 Miriam is a quite large, very dark main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 22, 1868 and named after Miriam, the sister of Moses in the Old Testament.
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