(9480) Inti Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named for the sun god in Inca religion, also called Apu-Punchau, believed to be the ancestor of the Incas. Inti was at the head of the state cult. He was usually represented in human form, his face portrayed as a gold disk from which rays and flames extended. Inti's sister was the moon, Mama-Kilya, who was portrayed as a silver disk with human features.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Inti is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Inti is 2.83 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9480 |
| Provisional designation | 2553 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.7 km (#3,809 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.35 |
| Orbital period | 5.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 0.581° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
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- (1795) Woltjer
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- (1812) Gilgamesh
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