3753 Cruithne
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Project home: Cruinthe Asteroid 3753 |
| Cruinthe | |
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| Cruinthe in Orbiter | |
| Designation | |
| Name | Cruinthe |
| Reference body | Sun |
| Number of satellites | 0 |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | |
| Semimajor axis (a) | km) |
| Eccentricity (e) | |
| Inclination (i) | ° ( radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | ° ( radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | ° ( radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | ° ( radian) |
| Planetary orbital element centennial rates | |
| Semimajor axis (a) | AU/Century |
| Eccentricity (e) | Century-1 |
| Inclination (i) | seconds/Century |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | seconds/Century |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | seconds/Century |
| Mean longitude (L) | seconds/Century |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | km |
| Mass | ×10<su>23 kg |
| Density | g/cm3 |
| Sidereal rotation period | hours |
| Sidereal orbit period | years |
| Magnitude V(1,0) | |
| Geometric albedo | |
| Equatorial gravity | m/s2 |
| Escape velocity | km/s |
| Rotation elements | |
| North pole right ascension (α1) | ° |
| North pole declination (δ1) | ° |
| Obliqutiy of ecliptic | ° |
| Longitude of Sun's transit | ° |
| Note | *Elements given are from Cruinthe.cfg file. |
3753 Cruinthe, known in Orbiter simply as Cruinthe is an asteroid in an elliptical solar orbit with almost a 1:1 resonance with the Earth. It's orbit takes Cruinthe from the orbit of Mercury to beyond that of Mars. In Orbiter, Cruinthe was added as an Add-on by Burnrate in 2009.