(9243) Alag Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ayush Alag (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his computational biology and bioinformatics project. He attended the Harker School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #2, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alag is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alag is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9243 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FF68 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.07 km (#5,708 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0860 |
| Rotation period | 4.20 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.85 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 0.0538° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 20 March 1998
- (8744) Cilla
- (8745) Delaney
- (8954) Baral
- (9126) Samcoulson
- (9454) Ardeishar
- (11169) Alkon
- (11170) Bradenmilford
- (11173) Jayanderson
- (11174) Carandrews
- (11176) Batth
- (11685) Adamcurry
- (11686) Samuelweissman
More named asteroids discovered by LINEAR
- (7904) Morrow
- (8744) Cilla
- (8745) Delaney
- (8954) Baral
- (9126) Samcoulson
- (9454) Ardeishar
- (9458) Beaumont
- (9459) Gracecai
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (9465) Fergusonsam
- (9466) Shishir
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