622 Esther
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Joel Hastings Metcalf |
Discovery site | Taunton, Massachusetts |
Discovery date | 13 November 1906 |
Designations | |
(622) Esther | |
Named after | Esther (biblical figure)[1] |
1906 WP | |
main-belt · (inner) | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 109.40 yr (39959 d) |
Aphelion | 2.9999 AU (448.78 Gm) |
Perihelion | 1.8313 AU (273.96 Gm) |
2.4156 AU (361.37 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.24189 |
3.75 yr (1371.3 d) | |
93.681° | |
0° 15m 45.072s / day | |
Inclination | 8.6435° |
142.046° | |
256.687° | |
Earth MOID | 0.859795 AU (128.6235 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.48023 AU (371.037 Gm) |
TJupiter | 3.461 |
Physical characteristics[3] | |
Dimensions | 40 × 24 × 24 km ± 26% 29±8 km |
47.5 h (1.98 d) | |
S-type asteroid | |
10.3 | |
622 Esther is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
The asteroid is named after the biblical figure Esther.[1]
In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.11 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 29 ± 8 km.[3]
References
- ^ a b Lutz D. Schmadel (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Fifth ed.). Heidelberg, N. Y: Springer Science & Business Media. p. 63. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ "622 Esther (1906 WP)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b Magri, Christopher; et al. (January 2007), "A radar survey of main-belt asteroids: Arecibo observations of 55 objects during 1999 2003" (PDF), Icarus, 186 (1): 126–151, Bibcode:2007Icar..186..126M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.018, retrieved 14 April 2015.
External links
- 622 Esther at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 622 Esther at the JPL Small-Body Database