(14026) Esquerdo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 September 1994 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Gil Esquerdo (b. 1976), a former research assistant at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, was appointed in 2002 research assistant for the Near-Earth-Asteroid Physical Study project at the University of Western Ontario.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Esquerdo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Esquerdo is 1.98 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14026 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 ST7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.38 km (#11,888 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.111 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 2.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.963 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.