4179 Toutatis

4179 Toutatis
4179 Toutatis from MainBeltAsteroids051403.zip in Orbiter 2002P3
Designation
Name	4179 Toutatis
Reference body	Sun
Number of satellites	0
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2003.441
Semimajor axis (a)	375 618 911 673 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.63372709
Inclination (i)	0.4695979278° (0.00819603 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	128.2206691° (2.237872845 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	403.0280894° (7.034167138 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	638.0077712° (11.13533626 radian)
Rotational Elements
Sidereal Rotation Period	468000 seconds (130 hours)
Sidereal Rotation Offset	0
Obliquity	0 radians 0°
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	1650 m
Mass	5×10<su>13 kg	Note	*Elements given are from 951 Gaspra.cfg (MainBeltAsteroids051403)

951 Gaspra is an asteroid orbiting close to the inner edge of the main asteroid belt. Discovered by Grigory Neujmin on 3 January 1886, it was named after Gaspra, a retreat on Crimea. Gaspra was visited by the Gallileo spacecraft in 1991 as it was enroute to Jupiter. Gaspra is an elongated potato shaped body.

Gaspra in Orbiter

951 Gaspra was first introduced to Orbiter with the release of MainBeltAsteroids051403 in 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

Gallery

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  4179 Toutatis from MainBeltAsteroids051403.zip in Orbiter 2002P3
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  Closeup of Toutatis imaged by Chang'e 2 during flyby.
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  Orbit of Toutatis (magenta, Earth's orbit is blue, Jupiter's orbit is cyan)