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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin:25px 0 0 10px; border:3px solid lightsteelblue;width:250px; font-size:90%; font-family:'Arial','Helvetica'; float: right; clear: right;"Template in Orbiter"
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |4 Vesta
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Vesta-MainBeltAsteroidszip.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''4 Vesta in Orbiter 2002P3 from ''MainBeltAsteroids.zip'''''
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|4 Vesta
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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%"|2002.345
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|353 447 079 923 m
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.088877813
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|7.13484982° <br> (0.124526621 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|103.9471177° <br> (1.814219452 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|253.6260652° <br> (4.426609907 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|466.9193908° <br> (8.149280711 radian)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|265000 km
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|3×10<sup>20</sup> kg
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|19231 seconds (5.342 hours)
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy||align="right" width="30%"|0.004014257
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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 4 Vesta.cfg (MainBeltAsteroids.zip)
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'''4 Vesta''' was discovered on 29 March 1807 by [[w:Heinrich Wilhelm Obers|Heinrich Wilhelm Obers]], and was at first classified as a planet, at least until it was realized that there are many small bodies in the area between [[Mars]] and [[Jupiter]], at which time they were reclassified as [[Asteroid belt|asteroids]],
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== 2 Pallas in Orbiter ==
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4 Vesta was first introduced with the release of MainBeltAsteroids.zip in May 2003. Note that the landing surface as given in the config file is spherical, but the visual of Vesta 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 Vesta'''</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/main-belt-asteroids-v1-0.1435/ Main Belt Asteroids v1.0]||O-F Resources||v1.0||Unknown OHM Addon Developer||Scenery||14 May 2003||||
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== See also ==
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[[w:4 Vesta|4 Vesta]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
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Vesta-MainBeltAsteroidszip.jpg|<center>4 Vesta in Orbiter 2002P3 from ''MainBeltAsteroids.zip''</center>
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Vesta in natural color.jpg|<center>Vesta imaged by the [[w:Dawn (spacecraft)|Dawn]] spacecraft on 24 July 2011</center>
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</gallery>
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{{SolarSystem}}
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{{Stub}}
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[[Category:Articles|Vesta]]
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[[Category:Solar System|Vesta]]
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[[Category:Celestial bodies|Vesta]]
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[[Category:Main Belt Asteroids|Vesta]]

Revision as of 11:51, 3 September 2024

4 Vesta
Vesta-MainBeltAsteroidszip.jpg
4 Vesta in Orbiter 2002P3 from MainBeltAsteroids.zip
Designation
Name 4 Vesta
Reference body Sun
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2002.345
Semimajor axis (a) 353 447 079 923 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.088877813
Inclination (i) 7.13484982°
(0.124526621 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 103.9471177°
(1.814219452 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 253.6260652°
(4.426609907 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 466.9193908°
(8.149280711 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 265000 km
Mass 3×1020 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 19231 seconds (5.342 hours)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliqutiy 0.004014257
LAN 0
Note *Elements given are from 4 Vesta.cfg (MainBeltAsteroids.zip)

4 Vesta was discovered on 29 March 1807 by Heinrich Wilhelm Obers, and was at first classified as a planet, at least until it was realized that there are many small bodies in the area between Mars and Jupiter, at which time they were reclassified as asteroids,

2 Pallas in Orbiter

4 Vesta was first introduced with the release of MainBeltAsteroids.zip in May 2003. Note that the landing surface as given in the config file is spherical, but the visual of Vesta is not, if you land, you will likely be above or below the visual surface.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Vesta
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Main Belt Asteroids v1.0 O-F Resources v1.0 Unknown OHM Addon Developer Scenery 14 May 2003

See also

4 Vesta at Wikipedia

Gallery

  • 4 Vesta in Orbiter 2002P3 from MainBeltAsteroids.zip
  • Vesta imaged by the Dawn spacecraft on 24 July 2011
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