102 Miriam

Summary

102 Miriam is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 102 Miriam is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 102 Miriam's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 102 Miriam's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[5].
• Miriam is named after 102 Miriam^[6].
• 102 Miriam's follows is recorded as Q11543^[7].
• 102 Miriam's followed by is recorded as 103 Hera^[8].
• 102 Miriam's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 102 Miriam's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Miriam symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 102 Miriam's Commons category is recorded as 102 Miriam^[11].
• 102 Miriam's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 102 Miriam's provisional designation is recorded as 1944 FC^[13].
• 102 Miriam's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 PC^[14].
• 102 Miriam's provisional designation is recorded as A868 QA^[15].
• 102 Miriam's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1868-08-22T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 102 Miriam's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037532^[17].
• 102 Miriam's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000102^[18].
• 102 Miriam's asteroid spectral type is recorded as P-type asteroid^[19].
• 102 Miriam's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[20].
• 102 Miriam's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 102 Miriam's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2512650435162928'}^[22].
• 102 Miriam's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.47'}^[23].
• 102 Miriam's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.176'}^[24].
• 102 Miriam's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.171916161774265'}^[25].
• 102 Miriam's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1588.304241104736'}^[26].
• 102 Miriam's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+23.613'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

102 Miriam's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Miriam is named after 102 Miriam^[6].

Why It Matters

102 Miriam ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]