(14061) Nagincox Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 February 1996 by Munari, U., Tombelli, M. at Cima Ekar.
Nagin Cox (b. 1965) is a system engineer and a manager on multiple interplanetary robotic NASA missions, including Galileo, the Mars Exploration Rover and the Kepler telescope, which searches for earth-like planets around other stars. She is currently on the mission operations team for Mars Curiosity Rover.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nagincox is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nagincox is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14061 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 CT7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 11.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 6.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.