14463 McCarter

Summary

14463 McCarter is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 14463 McCarter is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 14463 McCarter's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 14463 McCarter's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• 14463 McCarter's follows is recorded as (14462) 1993 GA^[6].
• 14463 McCarter's followed by is recorded as (14464) 1993 HC1^[7].
• 14463 McCarter's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 14463 McCarter's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 14463 McCarter's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 GA1^[10].
• 14463 McCarter's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 FO15^[11].
• 14463 McCarter's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-04-15T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 14463 McCarter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7dgl^[13].
• 14463 McCarter's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20014463^[14].
• 14463 McCarter's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 14463 McCarter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[16].
• 14463 McCarter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1180880'}^[17].
• 14463 McCarter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1183852305928933'}^[18].
• 14463 McCarter's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[19].
• 14463 McCarter's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.84'}^[20].
• 14463 McCarter's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.11362'}^[21].
• 14463 McCarter's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.110612224505333'}^[22].
• 14463 McCarter's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.52'}^[23].
• 14463 McCarter's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1284.426762487308'}^[24].
• 14463 McCarter's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.34106'}^[25].
• 14463 McCarter's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.311361052845409'}^[26].
• 14463 McCarter's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3120055'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

14463 McCarter's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

14463 McCarter ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]