Dactyl

Dactyl
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

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.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include 243 Ida and Dactyl
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

243 Ida 243 Ida at Wikipedia Dactyl at Wikipedia

Gallery

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  243 Ida in Orbiter 2002P3 from MainBeltAsteroids051403.zip
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  Dactyl (left) and 243 Ida in the distance from MainBeltAsteroids051403.zip in Orbiter 2002P3
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  Dactyl from AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip in Orbiter 2003P2
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  Dactyl from Asteroid 3D.zip in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9
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  243 Ida imaged by Gallileo on 28 August 1993
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  A sequence of images of Ida showing rotation during Gallileo approach.
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  243 Ida's moon Dactyl

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