(14217) Oaxaca Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 November 1999 by J. M. Roe at Oaxaca.
The city and state of Oaxaca was the birthplace and home of Benito Juarez, the first native-born president of Mexico. The city is home to the observing station where this minor planet was discovered.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oaxaca is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oaxaca is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14217 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VV19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.70 km (#17,273 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.385 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 3.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.952 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 November 1999
- (19721) Wray
- (21903) Wallace
- (25412) Arbesfeld
- (25413) Dorischen
- (80184) Hekigoto
- (168531) Joshuakammer
- (200255) Weigle