A018870 9^a(n) is smallest power of 9 beginning with n.

0, 12, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 21, 42, 20, 19, 40, 18, 17, 60, 16, 59, 15, 80, 14, 101, 57, 13, 78, 34, 12, 77, 33, 11, 98, 54, 10, 119, 75, 53, 9, 118, 96, 52, 30, 8, 95, 73, 51, 7, 138, 94, 72, 50, 28, 6, 115, 93, 71, 49, 27, 5, 114, 92, 70, 48, 26, 4, 135, 113, 91, 69, 47, 25, 3, 134