(9287) Klima Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Rachel L. Klima (b. 1974) is a planetary geologist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Her spectroscopic work on synthetic pyroxenes has allowed the cooling history of similarly-measured asteroids to be determined from the strength of their absorption features.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Klima is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klima is 3.17 au from the Sun and 4.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9287 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 ER43 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.16 km (#10,324 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.126 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.28 |
| Orbital period | 4.98 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0977 |
| Inclination | 0.928° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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