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| 1998 KY26 | |
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| 1998 KY26 in Orbiter | |
| Designation | |
| Name | 1998 KY26 |
| Reference body | Sun |
| Number of satellites | 0 |
| Planetary mean orbit | |
| Epoch | 2006 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 1.23215341107285 AU (1.84327526661×1011 km) |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.201480667262534 |
| Inclination (i) | 1.48112033563244° (0.0258504264750296 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 84.4505018758647° (1.47393931271294 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 293.651279001369° (5.12518167126637 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 461.292039150675° (8.05106489641787 radian) |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 15 km |
| Mass | 1.35×106 kg |
| Rotation elements | |
| Sidereal rotation period | 642.24 hours (10m42.24s) |
| Sidereal rotation offset | 0 |
| Obliquity | 0 |
| Equatorial gravity | 1998 KY26 0% Sun 100% |
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Project home: Asteroid Pack 1.00 |
1998 KY26 is a very small Near-Earth object disccovered by the Spacewatch survey at Kitt Peak on 2 June 1998.
1998 KY26 was released by Nighthawke in the Asteroid Pack 1.00 in November 2004. It is modeled in Orbiter as a 30 meter diameter object orbiting the Sun from 1 to 1.5 AU once every 1.37 years, with an eccentricity of 0.201 and an inclination of 1.48°. Rotation is a bit over 10 minutes.
The gravity of KY26 is so weak that OrbitMFD landed on the surface shows Sun 100% and KY26 0%. The pilot must be proactive to keep the ship on the surface.
Gallery
Orbits of the inner planets showing the orbit of 1998 KY26 in white. From JPL Horizons. 
DeltaGlider landed on 1998 KY26 at the South Pole.
