(9792) Nonodakesan Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 January 1996 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.

Nonodakesan is a mountain located in the town of Wakuya in northeastern Japan. Konpo-ji Temple, popularly called Nonodake Kannon, was constructed on the summit of Nonodake in the eighth century.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nonodakesan is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nonodakesan is 2.72 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number9792
Provisional designation1996 BX1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.27 km (#6,333 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0690
Rotation period6.34 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.24
Orbital period3.63 years
Semi-major axis2.36 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.00 – 2.72 au
Eccentricity0.154
Inclination11.2°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.01 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 23 January 1996

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