(117387) Javiercerna Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 December 2004 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Javier Cerna (b. 1981) is a Telecom Engineer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He was also a Telecom Engineer on the GRAIL program, and the Telecom UHF Transceiver lead on the InSight program.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Javiercerna is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Javiercerna is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 117387 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 YP21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.33 km (#11,978 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.52 |
| Orbital period | 4.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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