Skip Page Navigation
NASA JPL Caltech
NASA Logo - Jet Propulsion Laboratory + View the NASA Portal
+ Center for Near-Earth Object Studies
JPL Home Earth Solar System Stars & Galaxies Technology
JPL Solar System Dynamics
BODIES ORBITS EPHEMERIDES TOOLS PHYSICAL DATA DISCOVERY FAQ SITE MAP
IMPORTANT: The SSD Announcement email list is now available. Major changes are coming in the near future, including possible hostname and/or URL changes. To be notified of such changes, subscribe to this email list.

Please visit this page for more details.


JPL Small-Body Database Browser
Search: [ help ]  
1421 Esperanto (1936 FQ)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2001421
[ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ]

[ hide orbit diagram ]

For accurate long-term ephemerides, please instead use our Horizons system.This orbit viewer was implemented using two-body methods, and hence should not be used for determining accurate long-term trajectories (over several years or decades) or planetary encounter circumstances.


[ revert to old Java-based viewer ]

Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 32 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .08454431600742911 3.8586e-08  
a 3.087438036846986 1.3782e-08 au
q 2.826412699806438 1.1991e-07 au
i 9.803120277406249 4.3242e-06 deg
node 42.57858643328046 2.297e-05 deg
peri 162.7471106897262 3.2459e-05 deg
M 150.8291634342945 2.3226e-05 deg
tp 2458170.307847515819
(2018-Feb-20.80784752)		 0.00012696 TDB
period 1981.507873472369
5.43		 1.3268e-05
3.633e-08		 d
yr
n .1816798231384974 1.2165e-09 deg/d
Q 3.348463373887534 1.4948e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2766  
   data-arc span      41354 days (113.22 yr)  
   first obs. used      1906-10-17  
   last obs. used      2020-01-06  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .43456  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Feb-22 15:54:29  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.82314 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.61601 au 
 T_jup = 3.198 
[ show covariance matrix ]

[ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ]

Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 10.4   n/a MPO452179  
diameter diameter 43.31 km 3.1 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 2
rotation period rot_per 21.982 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Ferrero, A. (2012) Minor Planet Bull. 39, 138-139.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.0714   0.011 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 2

1421 Esperanto (1936 FQ)          Discovered 1936-Mar-18 by Vaisala, Y. at Turku
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

[ show close-approach data ]
Alternate Designations
 1936 FQ = 1931 HC = 1958 GD = A906 UD = A917 XD = A920 GD 
[ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ]
ABOUT SSD CREDITS/AWARDS PRIVACY/COPYRIGHT GLOSSARY LINKS
FirstGov 2020-Feb-27 15:49 UT
(server date/time)   		NASA Home Page
Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park
Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin