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'''243 Ida''' is a large asteroid shaped very elongated, perhaps a contact binary. It was discovered by [[w:Johann Palisa|Johann Palisa]] on 29 September 1884 and was named for [[w:Ida (nurse of Zeus)|a nurse]] of [[w:Zeus|Zeus]]. On 17 February 1994, Ida was discovered to boast a small moon as it was imaged during the flyby of the [[w:Gallileo (spacecraft)|Gallileo spacecraft]] as it flew by enroute to [[Jupiter]].
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'''243 Ida''' is a large asteroid shaped very elongated, perhaps a contact binary. It was discovered by [[w:Johann Palisa|Johann Palisa]] on 29 September 1884 and was named for [[w:Ida (nurse of Zeus)|a nurse]] of [[w:Zeus|Zeus]]. On 17 February 1994, Ida was discovered to boast a small moon as it was imaged during the flyby of the [[w:Gallileo (spacecraft)|Gallileo spacecraft]] in 1993 as it flew by enroute to [[Jupiter]].
  
 
== 243 Ida in Orbiter ==
 
== 243 Ida in Orbiter ==

Revision as of 03:42, 4 September 2024

243 Ida
243Ida-MainBeltAsteroidszip.jpg
243 Ida from MainBeltAsteroids051403.zip in Orbiter 2002P3
Designation
Name 243 Ida
Reference body Sun
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2003.441
Semimajor axis (a) 427 864 195 576 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.046670243
Inclination (i) 1.138057073°
(0.019862843 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 324.206832°
(5.658476676 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 433.2014234°
(7.560791163 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 576.5749184°
(10.06313071 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 20250 km
Mass 1×1017 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 16679 seconds (4.633 hours)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliqutiy 0
LAN 0
Note *Elements given are from 243 Ida.cfg (MainBeltAsteroids051403.zip)

243 Ida is a large asteroid shaped very elongated, perhaps a contact binary. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 29 September 1884 and was named for a nurse of Zeus. On 17 February 1994, Ida was discovered to boast a small moon as it was imaged during the flyby of the Gallileo spacecraft in 1993 as it flew by enroute to Jupiter.

243 Ida in Orbiter

243 Ida and Dactyl were first introduced with the release of MainBeltAsteroids051403.zip in May 2003.

Note that the landing surface as given in the config file is spherical, but the visual of these bodies are not, if you land, you will likely be above or below the visual surface.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include 243 Ida and Dactyl
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

243 Ida at Wikipedia Dactyl at Wikipedia

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