559 Nanon
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. F. Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 8 March 1905 |
| Designations | |
| 1905 QD | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 111.11 yr (40584 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.8938 AU (432.91 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5311 AU (378.65 Gm) |
| 2.7124 AU (405.77 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.066852 |
| 4.47 yr (1631.7 d) | |
| 289.44° | |
| 0° 13m 14.268s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.3018° |
| 112.134° | |
| 128.450° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.52894 AU (228.726 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.15849 AU (322.906 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.340 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 39.91±1.35 km | |
| 10.059 h (0.4191 d) | |
| 0.0500±0.004 | |
| 9.6 | |
559 Nanon is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. At the time of its discovery, Max Wolf was habitually naming asteroids after operatic heroines, suggesting is it most likely named after the lead character of Nanon, an 1877 opera by Richard Genée.
References
- ^ "559 Nanon (1905 QD)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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