(9801) Mikewang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tseng-Chen “Mike” Wang (b. 1948) has served as a spacecraft navigator at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for numerous interplanetary missions, including several asteroid and comet missions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #2, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikewang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikewang is 3.48 au from the Sun and 4.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9801 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 FX3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.72 km (#11,177 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.114 |
| Rotation period | 2.89 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.95 |
| Orbital period | 4.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 3.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.339 |
| Inclination | 2.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.740 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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