(9436) Shudo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Shudo is a private boys' junior and senior high school in Hiroshima, Japan. Yoshinaga Asano, Fifth Lord of the Hiroshima Clan, established the school in 1725. The school motto is ‘Wisdom and Morality’.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-12-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shudo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shudo is 2.79 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9436 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 EB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.97 km (#10,675 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.285 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 3.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.