(8924) Iruma Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 December 1996 by N. Sato at Chichibu.
The Iruma area of Saitama prefecture, mentioned in such traditional literary works as Manyohshu, has the first tea museum in Japan.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Iruma is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Iruma is 2.16 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8924 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 XA32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0752 |
| Inclination | 1.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.