2 Pallas
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| 2 Pallas in Orbiter 2002P3 from MainBeltAsteroids.zip | |
| Designation | |
| Name | 2 Pallas |
| Reference body | Sun |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 2002.345 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 414 907 096 894 m |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.229937227 |
| Inclination (i) | 34.8424759° (0.608115924 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 173.1716605° (3.022415647 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 483.5660809° (8.439820263 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 658.9803802° (11.50137734 radian) |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 267000 km |
| Mass | 3.18×1020 kg |
| Rotation elements | |
| SidRotPeriod | 28120 seconds (7.8111 hours) |
| SidRotOffset | 0 |
| Obliqutiy | 0 |
| LAN | 0 |
| Note | *Elements given are from 2 Pallas.cfg (MainBeltAsteroids.zip) |
2 Pallas was discovered on 28 March 1802 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
2 Pallas 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 Pallas is not, if you land, you will likely be above or below the visual surface.
| 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
Gallery
2 Pallas in Orbiter 2002P3 from MainBeltAsteroids.zip 
Northern and southern hemispheres of Pallas from the Very Large Telescope in 2020
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