(9276) Timgrove Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 September 1980 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.

Timothy L. Grove (b. 1949) is a professor of geology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has performed extensive studies of magmatic processes occurring on meteorite parent bodies. His scientific community service has included President of the American Geophysical Union.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Timgrove is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Timgrove is 2.19 au from the Sun and 2.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	9276
Provisional designation	1980 RB8
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	4.43 km (#11,780 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.327
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.95
Orbital period	3.60 years
Semi-major axis	2.35 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.17 – 2.52 au
Eccentricity	0.0740
Inclination	5.27°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.16 au

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

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