What is 659 Nestor?
{{ MP_small | 659 Nestor | [[Max Wolf]] | [[March 23]], [[1908]] | 1908 CS | [[Trojan asteroid|Jupiter Trojan]] | [[August 18]], [[2005]] ([[Julian day|JDCT]] 2453600.5) | 0.117 | 5.198 | 4.593 | 5.804 | 11.853 | 4.519 | 350.941 | 340.737 | 285.476 }} '''659 Nestor''' is a [[Jupiter trojan]] [[asteroid]] orbiting the [[Sun]]. Along with the other Jupter trojans in the Greek Camp, it orbits in the same [[orbit]] as Jupiter, about 60 degrees ahead of the planet. It was seen on 30th June 2006 when it [[occultation|occulted]] TYC 6854-00630. The length of time the occultation lasted (9.52 seconds) equates to a size of at least 109&nbsp;km [[diameter]]. It was found by [[Max Wolf]] in 1908. Its provisional name was '''1908 CS'''. == Other websites == * [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.txt Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets] * [http://occsec.wellington.net.nz/planet/2006/updates/060630_659_5270_u.htm OCCULTATION BY (659) NESTOR - 2006 JUN 30] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519233659/http://occsec.wellington.net.nz/planet/2006/updates/060630_659_5270_u.htm |date=2011-05-19 }} * [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=659;orb=1 Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=659 Ephemeris] {{MinorPlanets Navigator|658 Asteria|660 Crescentia}} {{Small Solar System bodies}} {{sci-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nestor}} [[Category:Trojan asteroids]]