21 Lutetia

21 Lutetia
21 Lutetia from Asteroid 3D.zip in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9
Designation
Name	21 Lutetia
Reference body	Sun
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2010.53388090349
Semimajor axis (a)	364408484044.597 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.16286473960148
Inclination (i)	3.06374072792851° (0.0534723631298002 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	80.8998327325661° (1.41196844549596 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	331.089477757921° (5.77860150558426 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	563.06842926337° (9.82739800467859 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	47900 km
Mass	9.2×1017 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod	29419 seconds (8.1719 hours)
SidRotOffset	0
Obliqutiy	0
LAN	0
Note	*Elements given are from Lutetia.cfg (Asteroid 3D.zip)

21 Lutetia is a large asteroid in the main asteroid belt. It was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt in November 1852 and was named Lutetia, the latin name for Paris. Lutetia was visited by the Rosetta spacecraft in July 2010.

21 Lutetia in Orbiter

21 Lutetia was first introduced with the release of Asteroid 3D.zip in November 2014. Note that the landing surface as given in the config file is spherical, but the visual of Lutetia is not, if you land, you will likely be above or below the visual surface.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Vesta
Add-on	Source	Version	Author	Type	Release Date	Compatibility	Wiki article
3D Asteroids	O-F Resources	2014-11-06	T1234	Scenery	6 November 2014

See also

• 21 Lutetia at Wikipedia
• Rosetta mission at Wikipedia

Gallery

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  21 Lutetia from Asteroid 3D.zip in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9
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  21 Lutetia imaged by Rosetta in July 2010
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  Animation of the trajectories of 21 Lutetia (cyan), 2867 Šteins (yellow), Mars (red), Earth (blue), 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (green), and the Rosetta spacecraft (magenta)

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