23244 Lafayette

Summary

23244 Lafayette is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 23244 Lafayette is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 23244 Lafayette's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 23244 Lafayette's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette is named after 23244 Lafayette^[6].
• 23244 Lafayette's follows is recorded as (23243) 2000 WT145^[7].
• 23244 Lafayette's followed by is recorded as 23245 Fujimura^[8].
• 23244 Lafayette's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 23244 Lafayette's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 23244 Lafayette's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 CG27^[11].
• 23244 Lafayette's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 WP162^[12].
• 23244 Lafayette's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-11-20T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 23244 Lafayette's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cc9155^[14].
• 23244 Lafayette's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023244^[15].
• 23244 Lafayette's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 23244 Lafayette's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[17].
• 23244 Lafayette's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2051645'}^[18].
• 23244 Lafayette's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2047922861928892'}^[19].
• 23244 Lafayette's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[20].
• 23244 Lafayette's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.79'}^[21].
• 23244 Lafayette's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.57355'}^[22].
• 23244 Lafayette's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.56804779100589'}^[23].
• 23244 Lafayette's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.46'}^[24].
• 23244 Lafayette's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1627.993823971724'}^[25].
• 23244 Lafayette's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+130.74288'}^[26].
• 23244 Lafayette's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+130.6935091360154'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

23244 Lafayette's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette is named after 23244 Lafayette^[6].

Why It Matters

23244 Lafayette has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]