What is 7066 Nessus?
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | bgcolour = #FFFFC0 | name=7066 Nessus | discoverer=[[David L. Rabinowitz]] | discovered=[[April 26]], [[1993]] | alt_names={{mp|1993 HA|2}} | mp_category=[[Centaur (planetoid)|Centaur]] | orbit_ref=<ref name=jpldata>{{cite web | date=May 26, 2004 | title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 7066 Nessus (1993 HA2) | url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Nessus | access-date=September 5, 2008}}</ref> | epoch=[[December 31]], [[2006]] ([[Julian day|JD]] 2454100.5) | semimajor=3688.309 [[Giga|G]]m (24.655 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]) | perihelion=1769.167 Gm (11.826 AU) | aphelion=5607.451 Gm (37.483 AU) | eccentricity=0.520 | period=44714.802 [[day|d]] (122.42 [[Julian year (astronomy)|a]]) | inclination=15.647[[degree (angle)|°]] | asc_node=31.216° | arg_peri=170.814° | mean_anomaly=43.762° | avg_speed=5.57 km/[[second|s]] | dimensions=60±16 km<ref name=spitzer>{{cite arXiv |last1=Stansberry |first1=John |last2=Grundy |first2=Will |last3=Brown |first3=Mike |last4=Cruikshank |first4=Dale |last5=Spencer |first5=John |last6=Trilling |first6=David |last7=Margot |first7=Jean-Luc |title=Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects: Constraints from Spitzer Space Telescope |language=en |eprint=astro-ph/0702538 |date=20 February 2007}}</ref><ref name=johnston>{{cite web| date=August 22, 2008| title=List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects| publisher=Johnston's Archive|author-first=Wm. Robert|author-last=Johnston| url=http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html| access-date=September 5, 2008}}</ref>| mass=~1.6{{e|17}} [[kilogram|kg]]| density=2.0? g/[[cubic centimetre|cm³]]| surface_grav=~0.0148 m/s²| escape_velocity=~0.0280 km/s| sidereal_day=? d| axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?| spectral_type=?| abs_magnitude=9.6<ref name=jpldata/>| albedo=0.06<ref name=spitzer/>| single_temperature=~56 [[kelvin|K]]}} '''7066 Nessus''' is a [[Centaur (planetoid)|centaur]] (a type of icy planetoid) that was found by [[David L.