(659) Nestor

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( 659 ) Nestor is an asteroid from the group of Trojans of Jupiter. Trojans are also known, eg, from Mars.

Is named the asteroid after the King Nestor of Greek mythology.

Nestor was discovered on March 23, 1908 by Max Wolf. The asteroid passes Jupiter on the Lagrangian point L4 at 60 ° ahead. He moves in a distance of 4.6 AU ( perihelion ) to 5.8 AU ( aphelion ) in about 12 years around the sun.

Nestor's diameter is estimated to be around 110 km. It has a dark surface with an albedo of 0.04. While the opposition Nestor reached a brightness of 15.8 mag.

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