(67853) Iwamura Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 November 2000 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.
Akinori Iwamura (b. 1979), born in Ehime prefecture, was a baseball player for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows from 1998 to 2006. He got the Gold Gloves Award five times as the best defensive third baseman. Beginning in 2007, Iwamura will play in U.S. Major League baseball for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Iwamura is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Iwamura is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 67853 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WO9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.173 |
| Inclination | 5.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.951 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.