# All asteroid colors (except for Dactyl) are derived from SMASS spectra # and converted to RGB values using Matt Wronkiewicz's spectrum2rgb utility # that is distributed with the Celestia source package. # A few main belt asteroids . . "2 Pallas:Pallas" "Sol" # Pole and shape from Schmidt et al # "Hubble takes a look at Pallas: Shape, Size and Surface" # (2008) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/2502.pdf { Class "asteroid" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Color [ 1.000 0.952 0.903 ] BlendTexture true SemiAxes [ 291 278 250 ] EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2452600.5 # 2002 Nov 22 00:00UT Period 4.61868 SemiMajorAxis 2.7733 Eccentricity 0.2300 Inclination 34.846 AscendingNode 173.166 ArgOfPericenter 310.423 MeanAnomaly 218.057 } UniformRotation { Period 7.81323264 Inclination 113 AscendingNode 118 MeridianAngle 339 } Albedo 0.159 } "3 Juno:Juno" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Color [ 1.000 0.912 0.833 ] BlendTexture true SemiAxes [ 145 120 95 ] EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2452600.5 # 2002 Nov 22 00:00UT Period 4.35540 SemiMajorAxis 2.6669 Eccentricity 0.2589 Inclination 12.972 AscendingNode 170.133 ArgOfPericenter 247.948 MeanAnomaly 119.146 } UniformRotation { Period 7.811 Inclination 56 AscendingNode 196 } Albedo 0.238 } "4 Vesta:Vesta" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "vesta.cmod" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Color [ 1.000 0.923 0.851 ] BlendTexture true Radius 279 # maximum semi-axis MeshCenter [ 0.77 3.424 -0.554 ] InfoURL "http://www.solarviews.com/eng/vesta.htm" EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2452000.5 # 2001 Apr 1 00:00UT Period 3.62729 SemiMajorAxis 2.3670775 Eccentricity 0.089753 Inclination 7.1346 AscendingNode 103.9510 ArgOfPericenter 149.4585 MeanAnomaly 104.980 } UniformRotation { Period 5.342 Epoch 2450124.90833 # 1996 May 11 09:48UT Inclination 40 AscendingNode 91 MeridianAngle 325.77 } Albedo 0.423 } # Some of the asteroids visited by spacecraft "951 Gaspra:Gaspra:A913 YA" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "gaspra.cmod" Texture "gaspramosaic.*" # Phil Stooke Color [ 1.000 0.883 0.769 ] BlendTexture true Radius 9.1 # maximum semi-axis MeshCenter [ 1.540 -0.064 -0.118 ] EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2448559.0 # 1991 Oct 29 12:00UT (Galileo encounter) Period 3.2837 # average SemiMajorAxis 2.2096348 # at epoch Eccentricity 0.1738752 # at epoch Inclination 4.0975771 # at epoch AscendingNode 253.445592 # at epoch ArgOfPericenter 129.045896 # at epoch MeanAnomaly 280.769206 # at epoch } UniformRotation { Period 7.042073 Inclination 69.28 AscendingNode 109.59 MeridianAngle 58.865 } Albedo 0.1 } "243 Ida:Ida:A910 CD" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "ida.cmod" Texture "idamosaic.*" # Phil Stooke Color [ 1.000 0.901 0.815 ] BlendTexture true Radius 28.9 # maximum semi-axis MeshCenter [ -1.424 -0.417 0.115 ] EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2449228.0 # 1993 Aug 28 12:00UT (Galileo encounter) Period 4.8417 # mean SemiMajorAxis 2.863731 # at epoch Eccentricity 0.043109 # at epoch Inclination 1.137110 # at epoch AscendingNode 324.586055 # at epoch ArgOfPericenter 113.017101 # at epoch MeanAnomaly 131.594945 # at epoch } UniformRotation { Period 4.633632 Inclination 156.96 AscendingNode 352.77 MeridianAngle 359.46 } Albedo 0.24 } "Dactyl:243 Ida I:Ida I:1993 (243) 1" "Sol/Ida" { # Data for Dactyl taken from: # Petit et al.: The Long-Term Dynamics of Dactyl's Orbit # (Icarus 1997: 130; 177-197) - linked in the InfoURL InfoURL "http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~hurfordt/research/papers/Icarus130.pdf" Class "asteroid" Texture "asteroid.jpg" # Use the same color as for Ida--uncertain if this is correct Color [ 1.000 0.901 0.815 ] BlendTexture true Mesh "roughsphere.cms" Radius 0.7 EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2449228.2028 # 1993 Aug 28 16:52:05UT Period 0.96534 # stable 5:1 resonant orbit (Petit et al.) SemiMajorAxis 83.5 # stable 5:1 resonant orbit (Petit et al.) Eccentricity 0.13 # stable 5:1 resonant orbit (Petit et al.) LongOfPericenter 310 # stable pericenter at 90:E Ida longitude (Petit et al.) AscendingNode 90 # VERY approximate - chosen to place Dactyl north # of Ida's equator, as seen at time of Galileo encounter Inclination 8 # estimated at 7-9 degrees (Petit et al.) } UniformRotation { MeridianAngle 123 # place prime meridian facing Ida } Albedo 0.2 } "433 Eros:Eros:1898 DQ" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "eros.cmod" Texture "eros.*" # NormalMap "erosbump2k.jpg" Color [ 1.000 0.880 0.764 ] # The texture is already tinted with the asteroid color #BlendTexture true Radius 16.3 # maximum semi-axis MeshCenter [ -1.262 0.168 -0.164 ] EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2451171.0 # 1998 Dec 23 12:00UT (NEAR-Shoemaker encounter) Period 1.761 # average SemiMajorAxis 1.458261 # at epoch Eccentricity 0.222885 # at epoch Inclination 10.830143 # at epoch AscendingNode 304.430882 # at epoch ArgOfPericenter 178.613184 # at epoch MeanAnomaly 208.403434 # at epoch } UniformRotation { Period 5.270 Inclination 78.70 AscendingNode 107.23 MeridianAngle 338.165 } Albedo 0.16 } "25143 Itokawa:Itokawa:1998 SF36" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "itokawa.cmod" Radius 0.315 InfoURL "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25143_Itokawa" # Osculating elements from HORIZONS EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2453625.5 # 2005 Sep 12--Hayabusa arrival Period 1.523231392 SemiMajorAxis 1.323849003 Eccentricity 0.2801215972 Inclination 1.622265921 AscendingNode 69.09461308 ArgOfPericenter 162.7594572 MeanAnomaly 310.6795025 } # Retrograde rotation pole with RA 90.53 and Dec -66.30 # From "Pole and global shape of 25143 Itokawa", # Demura et al, Science, 2 Jun 2006 BodyFrame { EquatorJ2000 {} } UniformRotation { Inclination 156.30 AscendingNode 180.53 Period 12.132 } Color [ 1 0.96 0.80 ] # Approximation based on natural color images LunarLambert 0.5 # Approximate a dusty surface # Align model with Celestia's coordinate system # Orientation [ 90 1 0 0 ] Orientation [ 180 0 1 1 ] Albedo 0.53 } # Radar-imaged asteroids "4179 Toutatis:Toutatis:1989 AC" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "toutatis.cmod" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Color [ 1.000 0.904 0.803 ] BlendTexture true Radius 2.3 # maximum semi-axis MeshCenter [ 0.0313 0.2171 0.0064 ] InfoURL "http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/4179_Toutatis/toutatis.html" EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2452200.5 # 2001 Oct 18 00:00UT Period 3.976715 SemiMajorAxis 2.5100537 Eccentricity 0.6342274 Inclination 0.46959 AscendingNode 128.24788 ArgOfPericenter 274.78070 MeanAnomaly 86.28120 } PrecessingRotation { Period 129.6 # 5.41 days Inclination 145 PrecessionPeriod -0.0201 # 7.35 day period } Albedo 0.16 } "1620 Geographos:Geographos:1951 RA" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "geographos.cmod" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Color [ 1.000 0.901 0.802 ] BlendTexture true Radius 2.53 # maximum semi-axis MeshCenter [ 0.154 -0.002 -0.026 ] InfoURL "http://www.solarviews.com/eng/geograph.htm" EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2450800.5 # 1997 Dec 18 00:00UT Period 1.39 SemiMajorAxis 1.2455 Eccentricity 0.3354 Inclination 13.34 AscendingNode 337.352 ArgOfPericenter 276.756 MeanAnomaly 180.595 } UniformRotation { Period 5.223 Inclination 136 AscendingNode 145 } Albedo 0.326 } "216 Kleopatra:Kleopatra:A905 OA" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "kleopatra.cmod" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Color [ 1.000 0.932 0.888 ] BlendTexture true Radius 110 # maximum semi-axis MeshCenter [ -3.049 2.379 1.429 ] InfoURL "http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/~ostro/kle/index.html" EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2450800.5 # 1997 Dec 12 00:00UT Period 4.67 SemiMajorAxis 2.791 Eccentricity 0.2531 Inclination 13.138 AscendingNode 215.699 ArgOfPericenter 179.350 MeanAnomaly 225.804 } UniformRotation { Period 5.385 Inclination 63 AscendingNode 162 } Albedo 0.16 # Class M } "1998 KY26" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "ky26.cmod" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Radius 0.015 # maximum semi-axis MeshCenter [ -0.000718 -0.000099 0.000556 ] InfoURL "http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/~ostro/KY26/index.html" EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2452000.5 # 2001 Apr 1 00:00UT Period 1.3752 SemiMajorAxis 1.2320798 Eccentricity 0.20151423 Inclination 1.48127 AscendingNode 84.45490 ArgOfPericenter 209.14766 MeanAnomaly 356.6879717 } UniformRotation { Period 0.178 } Albedo 0.15 } "2063 Bacchus:Bacchus:1977 HB" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "bacchus.cmod" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Color [ 1.000 0.899 0.777 ] BlendTexture true Radius 0.55 # maximum semi-axis MeshCenter [ -0.00936 -0.00610 0.00289 ] InfoURL "http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/~ostro/bacchus/index.html" EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2452000.5 # 2001 Apr 1 00:00UT Period 1.1223 SemiMajorAxis 1.0781035 Eccentricity 0.34951251 Inclination 9.43160 AscendingNode 33.23590 ArgOfPericenter 55.18040 MeanAnomaly 229.8627955 } UniformRotation { Period 14.90 Inclination 116 AscendingNode 114 } Albedo 0.15 } "6489 Golevka:Golevka:1991 JX" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "golevka.cmod" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Color [ 1.000 0.856 0.747 ] BlendTexture true Radius 0.34 # maximum semi-axis MeshCenter [ -0.0289 -0.0111 -0.0331 ] InfoURL "http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/~ostro/gol/index.html" EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2452000.5 # 2001 Apr 1 00:00UT Period 3.995 SemiMajorAxis 2.5120500 Eccentricity 0.60117380 Inclination 2.28701 AscendingNode 212.16560 ArgOfPericenter 65.25133 MeanAnomaly 159.8983670 } UniformRotation { Period 6.0289 Inclination 135 AscendingNode 292 } Albedo 0.15 } "4769 Castalia:Castalia:1989 PB" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "castalia.cmod" Texture "asteroid.jpg" BlendTexture true Radius 0.81 # maximum semi-axis MeshCenter [ -0.0456 -0.0347 -0.0178 ] InfoURL "http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/4769_Castalia/cast01.html" EllipticalOrbit { Epoch 2452000.5 # 2001 Apr 1 00:00UT Period 1.096 SemiMajorAxis 1.0632007 Eccentricity 0.48324394 Inclination 8.88806 AscendingNode 325.71246 ArgOfPericenter 121.26355 MeanAnomaly 152.5186007 } UniformRotation { Period 4.095 Inclination 146 AscendingNode 325 } Albedo 0.15 }