(9832) Xiaobinwang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Xiao-bin Wang (b. 1966) is an astronomer at the Yunnan Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She studies the physical properties of asteroids in binary systems and has developed methods for evaluating uncertainties in asteroid spin axes and shapes derived through light-curve inversion.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Xiaobinwang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xiaobinwang is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9832 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EH3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.20 km (#16,775 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.438 |
| Rotation period | 77.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 6.99° |
| 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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