2 Pallas

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2 Pallas
2Pallas-MainBeltAsteroidszip.jpg
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.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Pallas
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

2 Pallas at Wikipedia

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