40409 Taichikato

Summary

40409 Taichikato is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 40409 Taichikato is credited with the discovery of Gianluca Masi^[3].
• 40409 Taichikato's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 40409 Taichikato's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ceccano^[5].
• 40409 Taichikato's follows is recorded as (40408) 1999 RO2^[6].
• 40409 Taichikato's followed by is recorded as 40410 Příhoda^[7].
• 40409 Taichikato's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 40409 Taichikato's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 40409 Taichikato's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FX144^[10].
• 40409 Taichikato's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RS2^[11].
• 40409 Taichikato's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 YV134^[12].
• 40409 Taichikato's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-06T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 40409 Taichikato's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg_zm^[14].
• 40409 Taichikato's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20040409^[15].
• 40409 Taichikato's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 40409 Taichikato's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[17].
• 40409 Taichikato's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2073723737689923'}^[18].
• 40409 Taichikato's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.6'}^[19].
• 40409 Taichikato's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.85'}^[20].
• 40409 Taichikato's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.5'}^[21].
• 40409 Taichikato's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.520852519125796'}^[22].
• 40409 Taichikato's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1400.019314059722'}^[23].
• 40409 Taichikato's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+6.588'}^[24].
• 40409 Taichikato's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+115.6'}^[25].
• 40409 Taichikato's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+115.4385422822316'}^[26].
• 40409 Taichikato's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.449197082660877'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

40409 Taichikato's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

40409 Taichikato 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 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]