(9027) Graps Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1988 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Amara Graps (b. 1961) is a planetary scientist who concentrates on asteroids and comets, but has worked on every planet in the Solar System. She has analyzed data from many missions, such as New Horizons, Rosetta, Cassini and Voyager 2. She is Chief Scientist of Deep Space Industries Latvia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Graps is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Graps is 1.85 au from the Sun and 1.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9027 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 VP5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.11 km (#14,932 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.289 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.78 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 5.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.835 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Amara
All asteroids named after someone called Amara
Also discovered on 4 November 1988
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