(9226) Arimahiroshi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 January 1996 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Hiroshi Arima (b. 1958) is a registered architect who also designs individual observatories in Japan. While a university student he was a leader of the Kyushu Meteoric Network. With members of the Kumamoto Civil Astronomical Observatory, he helped carry out a solar eclipse observation in Mexico in 1991.Naming citation (20100527/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arimahiroshi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arimahiroshi is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9226 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 AB1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.62 km (#9,550 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.294 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.57 |
| Orbital period | 4.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0385 |
| Inclination | 3.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Hiroshi
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- (5379) Abehiroshi
- (5830) Simohiro
- (6244) Okamoto
- (7250) Kinoshita
- (7254) Kuratani
- (7264) Hirohatanaka
- (8197) Mizunohiroshi
- (8543) Tsunemi
- (8707) Arakihiroshi
- (8891) Irokawa
- (8923) Yamakawa
All asteroids named after someone called Hiroshi
Also discovered on 12 January 1996
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- (11998) Fermilab
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- (14054) Dusek
- (14505) Barentine
- (73827) Nakanohoshinokai
- (90844) Todai
- (118214) Agnesediboemia
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- (4807) Noboru
- (5924) Teruo
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- (6418) Hanamigahara
- (6420) Riheijyaya
- (6422) Akagi
- (6423) Harunasan
- (6462) Myougi
- (6531) Subashiri
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