(9112) Hatsulars Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 January 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Hatsulars is the name of a women's chorus. Its members are mainly housewives of farming families of Kakegawa City. Founded in 1997, the chorus frequently makes public performances of songs in praise of nature, including the starry sky. “Hatsulars” is a coined word meaning “cheerful people”.Naming citation (20100130/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hatsulars is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hatsulars is 2.84 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9112 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 BU3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.8 km (#3,771 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0920 |
| Rotation period | 36.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.25 |
| Orbital period | 5.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 2.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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