14917 Taco

Summary

14917 Taco is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 14917 Taco is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 14917 Taco's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 14917 Taco's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• Kenneth Cockrell is named after 14917 Taco^[6].
• 14917 Taco's follows is recorded as (14916) 1993 VV7^[7].
• 14917 Taco's followed by is recorded as (14918) 1994 BP4^[8].
• 14917 Taco's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 14917 Taco's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 14917 Taco's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 QN1^[11].
• 14917 Taco's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 AD11^[12].
• 14917 Taco's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 AL34^[13].
• 14917 Taco's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-01-08T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 14917 Taco's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg_q5^[15].
• 14917 Taco's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20014917^[16].
• 14917 Taco's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 14917 Taco's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[18].
• 14917 Taco's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2100749'}^[19].
• 14917 Taco's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2069548070730424'}^[20].
• 14917 Taco's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[21].
• 14917 Taco's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.74'}^[22].
• 14917 Taco's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.36818'}^[23].
• 14917 Taco's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.37084823227828'}^[24].
• 14917 Taco's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.78'}^[25].
• 14917 Taco's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1749.712542928891'}^[26].
• 14917 Taco's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+9.7078'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

14917 Taco's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Kenneth Cockrell is named after 14917 Taco^[6].

Why It Matters

14917 Taco ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]