(9489) Tanemahuta Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named for the god of the forests of the Maori people in New Zealand and for the great kauri tree in the Waipoua forest that also bears this name.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tanemahuta is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tanemahuta is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9489 |
| Provisional designation | 1146 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.43 km (#14,143 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.237 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0967 |
| Inclination | 4.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (1778) Alfven
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- (1808) Bellerophon
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- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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