1421 Esperanto
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Vaisala, Y. |
| Discovery site | Turku |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1936 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1421 |
| Alternative names[1] | 1936 FQ |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.3424400 |
| Peri | 2.8488276 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0797272 |
| Orbital period | 1989.4031128 |
| Mean anomaly | 68.78660 |
| Inclination | 9.80350 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 42.80741 |
| Argument of peri | 166.23794 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0714 |
| Absolute magnitude | 10.30 |
1421 Esperanto (1936 FQ) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on March 18, 1936 by Vaisala, Y. at Turku. It is named after Esperanto, as the other asteroid 1462 Zamenhof has been named by the same person after L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of this language.
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