659 Nestor

Summary

659 Nestor is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 659 Nestor is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf^[3].
• 659 Nestor's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 659 Nestor's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Nestor is named after 659 Nestor^[6].
• 659 Nestor's follows is recorded as Q156256^[7].
• 659 Nestor's followed by is recorded as Q114710^[8].
• 659 Nestor's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 659 Nestor's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 659 Nestor's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Nestor symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 659 Nestor's Commons category is recorded as 659 Nestor^[12].
• 659 Nestor's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 659 Nestor's provisional designation is recorded as 1908 CS^[14].
• 659 Nestor's provisional designation is recorded as A914 WF^[15].
• 659 Nestor's provisional designation is recorded as A908 FE^[16].
• 659 Nestor's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1908-03-23T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 659 Nestor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lztc^[18].
• 659 Nestor's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000659^[19].
• 659 Nestor's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[20].
• 659 Nestor's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 659 Nestor's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1157200920703342'}^[22].
• 659 Nestor's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[23].
• 659 Nestor's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.7'}^[24].
• 659 Nestor's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.521996013342817'}^[25].
• 659 Nestor's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4293.439870158937'}^[26].
• 659 Nestor's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+15.98'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

659 Nestor's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Nestor is named after 659 Nestor^[6].

Why It Matters

659 Nestor ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]