(102) Miriam

(102) Miriam is an asteroid belonging to the asteroid belt discovered by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters from the Litchfield Observatory in Clinton, United States, on August 22, 1868. It is named after Miriam, a character from the Bible.

Orbital characteristics

Miriam orbits at an average distance from the Sun of 2.66 AU, being able to move up to 3.333 AU. She has an orbital inclination of 5.179° and an eccentricity of 0.253. It takes 1,585 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.