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Revision as of 11:56, 28 May 2024


Project home: Asteroid Pack 1.00
Author: Nighthawke
Current version: 2004-11-21
Compatibility: All versions


2063 Bacchus
2063 Bacchus.png
Bacchus in Orbiter
Designation
Name 2063 Bacchus
Reference body Sun
Number of satellites 0
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2006
Semimajor axis (a) 161258598450.082 m
(1.0779471506193 AU)
Eccentricity (e) 0.349370772203801
Inclination (i) 0.164673995711733 radian
(8.88665699699176°)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 5.68412614431682 radian
325.676438289323°
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 7.80093107166837 radian
446.960426679064°
Mean longitude (L) 12.5695237899611 radian
720.180663654054°
Rotational Elements
Sidereal Rotation Period 53637.12 seconds
(0.6208 days)
Sidereal Rotation Offset 0
Obliquity 0 radians
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 16000 km
Mass 3.3×10<su>12 kg
Density 4.05g/cm13
Equatorial gravity 0.0001 m/s2
Orbital speed at surface 0.37070 m/s
Escape velocity 0.525 m/s
Gravity at surface Bacchus 3%
Sun 97%
Note *Elements given are from 2063 Bacchus.cfg file.

2063 Bacchus is object and a stony type asteroid, and a contact binary. It was discovered by Charles Kowal on 24 April 1977 at the Palomar Observatory.

Orbital characteristics

The orbit of Bacchus varies from about 0.7 to 1.5 AU, revolving in about 409 days. Ecceentricity is 0.35 and inclination is 0.157 radians (9°). Bacchus can come within about 10 130 000 km of the Earth (about 26 Earth distances).

Physical charateristics

Bacchus is a stony asteroid and a contact binary, about 1.11 km × 0.53 km × 1.1 km, mean radius is about 0.63 km.

Gallery

2063 Bacchus Orbit.png
Orbits of the inner planets showing the orbit of 2063 Bacchus.