622 Esther is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

622 Esther
Discovery
Discovered byJoel Hastings Metcalf
Discovery siteTaunton, Massachusetts
Discovery date13 November 1906
Designations
(622) Esther
Named after
Esther
(biblical figure)[1]
1906 WP
main-belt · (inner)
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc109.40 yr (39959 d)
Aphelion2.9999 AU (448.78 Gm)
Perihelion1.8313 AU (273.96 Gm)
2.4156 AU (361.37 Gm)
Eccentricity0.24189
3.75 yr (1371.3 d)
93.681°
0° 15m 45.072s / day
Inclination8.6435°
142.046°
256.687°
Earth MOID0.859795 AU (128.6235 Gm)
Jupiter MOID2.48023 AU (371.037 Gm)
TJupiter3.461
Physical characteristics[3]
Dimensions40 × 24 × 24 km ± 26%
29±km
47.5 h (1.98 d)
S-type asteroid
10.3

The asteroid is named after the biblical figure Esther.[1]

In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.11 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 29 ± 8 km.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Lutz D. Schmadel (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Fifth ed.). Heidelberg, N. Y: Springer Science & Business Media. p. 63. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  2. ^ "622 Esther (1906 WP)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b Magri, Christopher; et al. (January 2007), "A radar survey of main-belt asteroids: Arecibo observations of 55 objects during 1999 2003" (PDF), Icarus, 186 (1): 126–151, Bibcode:2007Icar..186..126M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.018, retrieved 14 April 2015.
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