(559) Nanon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 March 1905 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
Where Nanon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nanon is 2.56 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 559 |
| Provisional designation | A905 EB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 79.8 km (#381 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Rotation period | 10.1 hours |
| Spectral type | C |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.53 |
| Orbital period | 4.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0667 |
| Inclination | 9.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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