Dactyl
Dactyl | |
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Dactyl and 243 Ida from Asteroid 3D.zip in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 | |
Designation | |
Name | Dactyl |
Reference body | 243 Ida |
Planetary mean orbits | |
Epoch | 2003.441 |
Semimajor axis (a) | 98000 m |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.088888888 |
Inclination (i) | 0° (0 radian) |
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 0° (0 radian) |
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 180° (3.141592654 radian) |
Mean longitude (L) | 0° (0 radian) |
Selected physical parameters | |
Mean radius | 700 km |
Mass | 4×1012 kg |
Rotation elements | |
SidRotPeriod | 74200 seconds (20.6111 hours) |
SidRotOffset | 0 |
Obliqutiy | 0 |
LAN | 0 |
Note | *Elements given are from Dactyl.cfg (Asteroid 3D.zip) |
Dactyl is a natural satellite of 243 Ida in the asteroid main belt. Dactyl was discovered in August 1993 during the flyby of the Galileo mission as it was on its way to Jupiter.
Dactyl in Orbiter[edit]
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.
Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
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3D Asteroids | O-F Resources | 2014-11-06 | T1234 | Scenery | 6 November 2014 |
See also[edit]
243 Ida 243 Ida at Wikipedia Dactyl at Wikipedia
Gallery[edit]
243 Ida imaged by Gallileo on 28 August 1993
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