1421 Esperanto
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Discovery site | Turku |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1936 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1421 |
Named after | Esperanto |
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1936 FQ, 1931 HC, 1958 GD, A906 UD, A917 XD, A920 GD[1] | |
| Asteroid belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch JD 2456200.5 (September 30, 2012) | |
| Aphelion | 3.3448442 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.8358944 AU |
| 3.0903693 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0823445 |
| 5,4328008 yr (1984.3305 d) | |
| 0.94020° | |
| Inclination | 9.80835° |
| 42.64511° | |
| 164.55303° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | ~43 km (diameter)[1] |
| Albedo | 0.0714[1] |
| 10.30[1] | |
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1421 Esperanto (provisional designation: 1936 FQ) is an asteroid from the asteroid belt discovered on March 18, 1936 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Iso-Heikkilä Observatory in Turku, Finland. It is about 43 km in diameter.
Väisälä named the asteroid after the constructed language Esperanto. He also named another asteroid, 1462 Zamenhof, after Esperanto's creator, L. L. Zamenhof. The two asteroids are considered to be the most remote Zamenhof-Esperanto objects.
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