(9732) Juchnovski Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1984 by Shkodrov, V. G., Ivanova, V. G. at Smolyan.
Ivan Juchnovski (b. 1937), president of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences since 1996, has carried out research on organic structural analysis that has gained wide recognition. A great admirer of astronomy, science, the sky and the music of Chopin and Berlioz are his Universe.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Juchnovski is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juchnovski is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9732 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 SJ7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.69 km (#11,248 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.183 |
| Rotation period | 7.57 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 7.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.975 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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