Editing 253 Mathilde

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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |2 Pallas
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Mathilde-AsteroidPackv1zip-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''253 Mathilde from ''AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip'' in Orbiter 2002P3'''
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|253 Mathilde
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|[[Sun]]
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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%"|395933654604.709 m
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.265943198619733
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|6.73846359° <br> (0.117608376163224 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|179.6424183° <br> (3.13535167643231 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|337.1297243° <br> (5.88402369497666 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|342.8855277° <br> (5.98448141503376 radian)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|26400 km
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|1.033×10<sup>17</sup> kg
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|1503000 seconds (17.3958 days)
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy||align="right" width="30%"|0.1
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|0
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from 253 Mathilde.cfg (AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip)
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'''253 Mathilde''' is a prograde asteroid that was discovered by [[w:Johann Palisa|Johann Palisa]] in November 1885. Mathilde was visited by the [[w:NEAR Shoemaker|NEAR Shoemaker]] spacecraft in June 1997. Mathilde was named for the wife of the vice director of the [[w:Paris Observatory|Paris Observatory]].

== 253 Mathilde in Orbiter ==
253 Mathilde was first introduced with the release of AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip in November 2004. Note that the landing surface as given in the config file is spherical, but the visual of Juno is not, if you land, you will likely be above or below the visual surface.

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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Pallas'''</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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== See also ==
[[w:253 Mathilde|253 Mathilde]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
Mathilde-AsteroidPackv1zip-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>253 Mathilde from ''AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip'' in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
(253) mathilde crop.jpg|<center>Image of 253 Mathilde from the [[w:NEAR Shoemaker|NEAR Shoemaker]] spacecraft in 1997</center>
253 Mathilde Flyby.gif|<center>Animation of the flyby of [[w:NEAR Shoemaker|NEAR Shoemaker]] spacecraft as it passed Mathilde</center>
</gallery>

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