(9373) Hamra Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Hamra is a small parish on southern Gotland. The general store, famous from the song “Snabbköpskassörskan”, has now closed, as have most of the other general stores in the Gotland countryside.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #14, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hamra is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hamra is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9373 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FY43 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.31 km (#14,464 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.308 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.92 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 2.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 March 1993
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- (6739) Tarendo
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- (7528) Huskvarna
- (7706) Mien
- (7833) Nilstamm
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- (8698) Bertilpettersson
- (8881) Prialnik
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