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  name=7066 Nessus

  name=7066 Nessus

  | discovery=yes

   

  | discoverer=[[David L. Rabinowitz]]

  | discoverer=[[David L. Rabinowitz]]

  | discovered=[[April 26]], [[1993]]

  | discovered=[[April 26]], [[1993]]

  | mp_category=[[Centaur (planetoid)|Centaur]]

  | mp_category=[[Centaur (planetoid)|Centaur]]

  | orbit_ref=<ref name=jpldata>{{cite web

  | orbit_ref=<ref name=jpldata>{{cite web

   |date=2004-05-26 last obs

   |date=May 26, 2004

   |title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 7066 Nessus (1993 HA2)

   |title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 7066 Nessus (1993 HA2)

   |url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Nessus

   |url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Nessus

  | mean_anomaly=43.762°

  | mean_anomaly=43.762°

  | avg_speed=5.57 km/[[second|s]]

  | avg_speed=5.57 km/[[second|s]]

  | physical_characteristics=yes

   

  | dimensions=60±16 km<ref name=spitzer>{{cite web

  | dimensions=60±16 km<ref name=spitzer>{{cite web

   |title=Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects: Constraints from Spitzer Space Telescope

   |title=Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects: Constraints from Spitzer Space Telescope

   |author=John Stansberry, Will Grundy, Mike Brown, Dale Cruikshank, John Spencer, David Trilling, Jean-Luc Margot

   |author=John Stansberry, Will Grundy, Mike Brown, Dale Cruikshank, John Spencer, David Trilling, Jean-Luc Margot

   |work=University of Arizona, Lowell Observatory, California Institute of Technology, NASA Ames Research Center, Southwest Research Institute, Cornell University

   |work=University of Arizona, Lowell Observatory, California Institute of Technology, NASA Ames Research Center, Southwest Research Institute, Cornell University

   |url=http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702538v2

   |url=https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702538v2

   |year=2007

   |year=2007

   |accessdate=2008-10-18}}</ref><ref name=johnston>{{cite web

   |accessdate=2008-10-18}}</ref><ref name=johnston>{{cite web

The orbits of centaurs change from time to time because of interactions with the giant planets. Nessus is thought to have a fairly long orbital half-life of about 4.9 [[Myr]].<ref name=Horner2004a>{{cite journal

The orbits of centaurs change from time to time because of interactions with the giant planets. Nessus is thought to have a fairly long orbital half-life of about 4.9 [[Myr]].<ref name=Horner2004a>{{cite journal

   |last=Horner |first= J.

   |last=Horner |first= J.

   |coauthors=Evans, N.W.; Bailey, M. E.

   |author2=Evans, N.W.|author3=Bailey, M. E.

   |title=Simulations of the Population of Centaurs I: The Bulk Statistics

   |title=Simulations of the Population of Centaurs I: The Bulk Statistics

   |year=2004

   |year=2004

   |url=http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph?papernum=0407400

   |url=https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph?papernum=0407400

   |accessdate=2008-09-01 }}</ref>

   |accessdate=2008-09-01 }}</ref>

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