2063 Bacchus
2063 Bacchus is object and a stony type asteroid, and a contact binary. It was discovered by Charles Kowal on 24 April 1977 at the Palomar Observatory.
The orbit of Bacchus varies from about 0.7 to 1.5 AU, revolving in about 409 days. Ecceentricity is 0.35 and inclination is 0.157 radians (9°). Bacchus can come within about 10 130 000 km of the Earth (about 26 Earth distances).
Bacchus is a stony asteroid and a contact binary, about 1.11 km × 0.53 km × 1.1 km, mean radius is about 0.63 km.
2063 Bacchus in Orbiter[edit]
Bacchus was introduced to Orbiter with the release of AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip in November 2004.
Note that the landing surface as given in the config file is spherical, but the visual of Bacchus is not. All the visual surface is well below the radius except for one spot near longitude 180° and near the equator which the radius is a meter or so below the visual, and may be so at the other end of the body. Gravity at the landing surface is about 0.0001 m/s2, so if you land, the ship may not stay put.
Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
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Asteroid Pack 1.00 | O-F Resources | 2004-11-21 | Nighthawke | Scenery | 21 November 2004 | all versions |