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6050 Miwablock (1992 AE)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
2.795 AU
True anomaly
213.92°
Distance from Earth
3.699 AU
As of
11 October 2026

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Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 0.998 AU from the Sun Earth Miwablock — 2.795 AU from the Sun Miwablock
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Miwablock is 3.699 AU from Earth today (30.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 34m 28s
Declination
-11° 48′ 38″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
3.7 AU
Elongation from the Sun
21.15° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
2.202 AU
Eccentricity
0.4371
Inclination
6.41°
Orbital period
3.27 years
Perihelion
1.239 AU
Aphelion
3.164 AU
Longitude of ascending node
88.16°
Argument of periapsis
284.99°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · AMO
Amor
Earth MOID · 104.1 LD
0.2675 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
3.526

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
3,331
Data arc
73.31 years
First observed
15 February 1953
Last observed
9 June 2026
Residual RMS
0.49 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
2 September 2026

Physical properties

Mean radius
1.44 km
Rotation period
5.76 hours

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.257
Absolute magnitude (H)
14.94

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
Spacewatch
Discovery date
10 January 1992
Discovery site
Kitt Peak

Miwa Block (b. 1972) is an astronomical observer and programmer for Spacewatch. She created Spacewatch's Fast Moving Object website, which allows volunteer amateur astronomers to discover new Near Earth Asteroids in Spacewatch mosaic imagery in near real time.

Also known as 6050 · 1992 AE

Amor Near-Earth Object Named

Close approaches 2 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2149-01-02 19:35:00 Mars 0.0322 AU 12.5 LD 7.5 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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