Editing 1998 KY26

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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |1998 KY26
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:1998 KY26 DG landed South Pole.png|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''DeltaGlider landed at the<br>south pole of 1998 KY26'''
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|1998 KY26
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Sun
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|width="30%"|Number of satellites||align="right" width="30%"|0
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|2006
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|184327526661.151 m<br>(2.7575 AU)
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.201480667262534
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0258504264750296 radian<br>(1.481120336°)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|1.47393931271294 radian<br>84.45050188°
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|5.12518167126637 radian<br>293.651279001369°
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|8.05106489641787 radian<br>461.292039150675°
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotational Elements
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|width="30%"|Sidereal Rotation Period||align="right" width="50%"|642.24 seconds<br>(10m 42.24s)
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|width="30%"|Sidereal Rotation Offset||align="right" width="50%"|0
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|width="30%"|Obliquity||align="right" width="30%"|0.1 radians<br>0°
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"| 15 m
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|1.35×10<su>6</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|Equatorial gravity||align="right" width="30%"|0.006 m/s<sup>2</sup>
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|width="30%"|Orbital speed at surface||align="right" width="30%"|0.0023 m/s
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|width="30%"|Escape velocity||align="right" width="30%"| 0.000006 m/s
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|width="30%"|Gravity at surface||aligh="right" width="30%"|1998 KY26 0%<br>Sun 100%
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from 1998 KY26.cfg file (AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip).
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'''1998 KY26''' is a small rock that was seen passing [[Earth]] at about twice the lunar distance by [[w:Spacewatch|Spacewatch]] at the [[w:Kitt Peak National Observatory|Kitt Peak]] on 2 June 1998.

== 1998 KY26 in Orbiter ==
1998 KY26 was offered as an add-on body by [[List of add-ons by Nighthawke|Nighthawke]] in 2004, but still works even in Orbiter2016.

1998 KY26 is a small (about 15 meters) asteroid orbiting about 1 to 1.5 AU about every 1 year 4 months, and rotates in a bit more than 10 minutes. It is barely bigger than the DeltaGlider. 

When landing on the radius surface, it is just a few meters above the visual surface, and the DeltaGlider docking and landing lights are reflected from the surface as one would expect. It has virtually no gravity, so, landing is just momentary, the ship immediately starts drifting as soon as it touches. A Ship cannot orbit the body because the [[Sun|Sun's]] gravity far exceeds the body's gravity, the pilot can only fly more or less in formation with it.

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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include 1998 KY26'''</center>
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/asteroid-pack-1-00.2832/ Asteroid Pack 1.00]||O-F Resources||2004-11-21||Nighthawke||Scenery||21 November 2004||||
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== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
1998 KY26.png|<center>1998 KY26 in Orbiter</center>
1998KY26-AsteroidPackv1zip-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>1998 KY26 from ''AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip'' in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
1998 KY26 orbit.jpg|Orbits of the inner planets including 1998 KY26. From [https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/ JPL Horizons].
</gallery>

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