Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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559 Nanon | |
Mpc Name: | (559) Nanon |
Pronounced: | pronounced as /de/ |
Alt Names: | 1905 QD |
Discovered: | 8 March 1905 |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Eccentricity: | 0.066852 |
Semimajor: | 2.7124AU |
Perihelion: | 2.5311AU |
Aphelion: | 2.8938abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Period: | 4.47 yr (1631.7 d) |
Inclination: | 9.3018° |
Asc Node: | 112.134° |
Arg Peri: | 128.450° |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Orbit Ref: | [1] |
Observation Arc: | 111.11 yr (40584 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
Abs Magnitude: | 9.6 |
Rotation: | 10.059abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Mean Radius: | km |
559 Nanon is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. At the time of its discovery, Max Wolf was habitually naming asteroids after operatic heroines, suggesting is it most likely named after the lead character of Nanon, an 1877 opera by Richard Genée.