(9414) Masamimurakami Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 October 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Masami Murakami (b. 1948) has been one of the leading observers within the Mars Section of the Oriental Astronomical Association since 1988. Since 1996 he has served the OAA as its Mars Section webmaster and since 2010 as the Mars Section director. In 2006 he received the OAA's Issei Yamamoto Prize.Naming citation (20120703/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Masamimurakami is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Masamimurakami is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9414 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 UV4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.3 km (#3,958 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.127 |
| Rotation period | 15.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 12.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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