102 Miriam is a moderately large very dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 22 1868 from the Litchfield Observatory.Peters named the asteroid after Miriam the sister of Moses in the Old Testament. This caused some controversy because at the time asteroids were expected to be named after mythological figures and the devout would not regard Biblical figures as such. According to fellow astronomer Edward S.
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