(9233) Itagijun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 February 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Jun Itagi (b. 1958), an amateur astronomical educator famous in the San-In district (Tottori and Shimane prefectures), has served as general-affairs director of the San-In Society of Astronomy. He is well known for his in-depth studies of the Mihonoseki and Tahara meteorites.Naming citation (20100923/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Itagijun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Itagijun is 1.89 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9233 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 CC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.77 km (#7,912 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.285 |
| Rotation period | 111 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.26 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.260 |
| Inclination | 7.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.881 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Jun
All asteroids named after someone called Jun
Also discovered on 1 February 1997
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- (8945) Cavaradossi
- (8946) Yoshimitsu
- (9432) Iba
- (12035) Ruggieri
- (13196) Rogerssmith
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- (23648) Kolar
- (23649) Tohoku