5786 Talos

5786 Talos
5786 Talos from Mercury_Crosser.zip in Orbiter 2005P1
Designation
Name	5786 Talos
Reference body	Sun
Number of satellites	0
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2004.80629705681
Semimajor axis (a)	161778877564.749 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.826845526888559
Inclination (i)	23.242369860101° (0.405655880025056 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	161.343881066533° (2.81598195255714 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	169.649400524089° radian (2.96094061317994 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	169.929917539618° (2.9658365587088 radians)
Rotational Elements
Sidereal Rotation Period	138672 seconds (38.52 hours)
Sidereal Rotation Offset	0
Obliquity	0 radians 0.1°
LAN	0
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	2450 m
Mass	2.9×10<su>12 kg
Note	*Elements given are from 5786 Talos.cfg (Mercury_Crosser.zip).

5786 Talos (1991 RC) is a near-Earth object. It was discovered by Robert H. McNaught on 3 September 1991 from images from Siding Spring Observatory.

The orbit of Talos varies from about 0.187 to 1.9757 AU, which makes Talos cross the orbits of all four of the inner planets.

Talos' mean radius is about 0.445 km.

5786 Talos in Orbiter

Talos was introduced to Orbiter with the release of Mercury_Crosser.zip in June 2005.

Note that the landing surface as given in the config file is spherical, but the visual of Talos is not, if you land, you will likely be above or below the visual surface. The surface gravity at Talos is pretty much zero, you can't orbit Talos, but, you can maneuver around Talos much like near a vessel in Earth orbit. Upon landing, your vessel will barely stay on the surface if at all.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include 5786 Talos
Add-on	Source	Version	Author	Type	Release Date	Compatibility	Wiki article
Mercury Crosser Asteroids	O-F Resources	2005-06-01	Nighthawke	Scenery	2 June 2005	all versions

See also

5786 Talos at Wikpedia

Gallery

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  5786 Talos from Mercury_Crosser.zip in Orbiter 2005P1
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  Orbit of 5786 Talos as depicted by JPL Horizons Orbit Viewer