(432101) Ngari Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 January 2009 by Ye, Q.-Z., Lin, H.-C. at Lulin.
Ngari (occasionally spelled as Ali) is a prefecture in northwest Tibet. It is nicknamed “the top of the roof of the world” as most of the region is over 4500 m above sea level.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-09-28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ngari is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ngari is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 432101 |
| Provisional designation | 2009 AZ28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.62 km (#13,660 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.12 |
| Orbital period | 5.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 27.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.