(9216) Masuzawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 1995 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.
Hitoshi Masuzawa (b. 1945) is a lecturer and curator of the Gotoh Planetarium and Astronomical Museum in Tokyo, where he worked for 32 years until 1998. He conducted historical research on Chinese constellations. The name was suggested by O. Muramatsu.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Masuzawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Masuzawa is 2.25 au from the Sun and 2.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9216 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 VS |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.11 km (#12,487 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.347 |
| Rotation period | 5.02 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 2.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.887 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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