622 Esther is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "622 Esther (1906 WP)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ 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.
External links
- 622 Esther at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 622 Esther at the JPL Small-Body Database
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