9243 Alag

Summary

9243 Alag is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9243 Alag is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 9243 Alag's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 9243 Alag's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 9243 Alag's follows is recorded as 9242 Olea^[6].
• 9243 Alag's followed by is recorded as 9244 Višnjan^[7].
• 9243 Alag's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 9243 Alag's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 9243 Alag's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FF68^[10].
• 9243 Alag's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 JC1^[11].
• 9243 Alag's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 RZ12^[12].
• 9243 Alag's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-03-20T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 9243 Alag's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j111pj^[14].
• 9243 Alag's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009243^[15].
• 9243 Alag's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 9243 Alag's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[17].
• 9243 Alag's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1026332'}^[18].
• 9243 Alag's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1071913443602513'}^[19].
• 9243 Alag's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[20].
• 9243 Alag's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.86'}^[21].
• 9243 Alag's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.04271'}^[22].
• 9243 Alag's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.05378235740694278'}^[23].
• 9243 Alag's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.5'}^[24].
• 9243 Alag's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2006.279707347511'}^[25].
• 9243 Alag's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.2'}^[26].
• 9243 Alag's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+267.99966'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9243 Alag's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

9243 Alag ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]