(9632) Sudo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Kenichi Sudo (b. 1958) is a Japanese medical technologist and amateur astronomer. He is general secretary of the Kamogawa Observatory in Chiba prefecture. Here he has helped spread interest in astronomy since 1983.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sudo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sudo is 3.76 au from the Sun and 4.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9632 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TK3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.98 km (#7,684 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 3.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.289 |
| Inclination | 3.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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