659 Nestor
| Discovery A | |
|---|---|
| Discoverer | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1908 |
| Alternate designations |
1908 CS |
| Category | Jupiter Trojan |
| Orbital elements C | |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.117 |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 5.198 |
| Perihelion (q) | 4.593 |
| Aphelion (Q) | 5.804 |
| Orbital period (P) | 11.853 |
| Inclination (i) | 4.519 |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
350.941 |
| Argument of perihelion (ω) |
340.737 |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 285.476 |
659 Nestor is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid orbiting the Sun. Along with the other Jupiter Trojans in the Greek Camp, it orbits along Jupiter's path, about 60 degrees ahead of the planet.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1995 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 15.98 ± 0.03 hours with a brightness variation of 0.31 ± 0.01 magnitude.[1]
On 30 June 2006 it occulted TYC 6854-00630. The duration of the disappearance (9.52 seconds) equates to a size of at least 109 km diameter.
References
- ↑ Mottola, Stefano; Di Martino, Mario; Erikson, Anders; Gonano-Beurer, Maria; Carbognani, Albino; Carsenty, Uri; Hahn, Gerhard; Schober, Hans-Josef; Lahulla, Felix; Delbò, Marco; Lagerkvist, Claes-Ingvar (May 2011). "Rotational Properties of Jupiter Trojans. I. Light Curves of 80 Objects". The Astronomical Journal 141 (5): 170. Bibcode:2011AJ....141..170M. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/5/170.
External links
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
- OCCULTATION BY (659) NESTOR – 2006 JUN 30
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java)
- Ephemeris
- 659 Nestor at the JPL Small-Body Database
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