(9432) Iba Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 February 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Yasuaki Iba (1894-1957) was a trading merchant and an amateur astronomer in Kobe, Japan. He informed the astronomical world that the occurrence of the 1054 Crab supernova was described in Meigetsuki, a famous diary written by Fujiwara-no-Teika.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Iba is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Iba is 2.29 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9432 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 CQ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0335 |
| Inclination | 7.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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