2063 Bacchus
| 2063 Bacchus | |
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| Bacchus in Orbiter | |
| Designation | |
| Name | 2063 Bacchus |
| Reference body | Sun |
| Number of satellites | 0 |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 2006 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 161258598450.082 m (1.0779471506193 AU) |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.349370772203801 |
| Inclination (i) | 0.164673995711733 radian (8.88665699699176°) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 5.68412614431682 radian 325.676438289323° |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 7.80093107166837 radian 446.960426679064° |
| Mean longitude (L) | 12.5695237899611 radian 720.180663654054° |
| Rotational Elements | |
| Sidereal Rotation Period | 53637.12 seconds (0.6208 days) |
| Sidereal Rotation Offset | 0 |
| Obliquity | 0 radians 0° |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 16000 km |
| Mass | 3.3×10<su>12 kg |
| Density | 4.05g/cm13 |
| Equatorial gravity | 0.0001 m/s2 |
| Orbital speed at surface | 0.3707 m/s |
| Escape velocity | 0.525 m/s |
| Gravity at surface | Bacchus 3% Sun 97% |
| Note | *Elements given are from 2063 Bacchus.cfg file. |
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
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.
The landing light does light up the surface of Bacchus. At the surface, in Orbit MFD, Bacchus exerts only about 1% of the total gravity on your ship, the rest coming from the Sun. Surface gravity is only about 0.0001 m/s2.
| 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 | |
See also
Gallery
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2063 Bacchus from AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip in Orbiter 2003P2 -
Orbits of the inner planets showing the orbit of 2063 Bacchus
