# This file contains the orbital elements in Celestia's SSC format. # for the near-earth asteroid 2001 BA16 # before and after its flyby of the Earth # by Selden Ball seb+cel@lns.cornell.edu # # The ephemeris information was obtained from Horizons # The NEO info was obtained from the IAU's Minor Planet Center # at http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html # on their page http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Closest.html # #Distance Date (TT) Permanent designation Provisional H Reference #0.00205++ 2001 Jan. 15.85 2001 BA16 25.8 MPEC 2001-B35 # #++ Closest approach to the moon was 0.00053 AU on 2001 Jan. 15.80 TT. # "2001 BA16-1" "Sol" { Class "moon" # to show orbit even when not selected Mesh "asteroid.cms" Texture "asteroid.jpg" InfoURL "http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2001ba16.html" Radius 0.02 Albedo 0.2 #2451696.500000000 = A.D. 2000-Jun-01 00:00:00.0000 (CT) # EC= 1.325548869557459E-01 QR= 8.399944095696532E-01 IN= 5.713143780124208E+00 # OM= 1.159856323128917E+02 W = 2.555027367710227E+02 Tp= 2.451838952303249E+06 # N = 1.034314200546729E+00 MA= 2.126595598492699E+02 TA=-1.545116963217488E+02 # A = 9.683545355644875E-01 AD= 1.096714661559322E+00 PR= 3.480567121767323E+02 EllipticalOrbit { Period 0.9529093461932951 SemiMajorAxis 9.683545355644875E-01 Eccentricity 1.325548869557459E-01 Inclination 5.713143780124208E+00 AscendingNode 1.159856323128917E+02 ArgOfPericenter 2.555027367710227E+02 MeanAnomaly 2.126595598492699E+02 Epoch 2451696.5 } } "2001 BA16-2" "Sol" { Class "moon" # to show orbit even when not selected Mesh "asteroid.cms" Texture "asteroid.jpg" InfoURL "http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2001ba16.html" Radius 0.02 Albedo 0.2 #2452061.500000000 = A.D. 2001-Jun-01 00:00:00.0000 (CT) # EC= 1.373494973776232E-01 QR= 8.111893608832658E-01 IN= 5.768520533299859E+00 # OM= 1.156492480604733E+02 W = 2.428558869347968E+02 Tp= 2.452163357150617E+06 # N = 1.080868908338710E+00 MA= 2.499057728063268E+02 TA=-1.239161839906581E+02 # A = 9.403453176197385E-01 AD= 1.069501274356211E+00 PR= 3.330653673379487E+02 EllipticalOrbit { Period 0.9118660560939797 SemiMajorAxis 9.403453176197385E-01 Eccentricity 1.373494973776232E-01 Inclination 5.768520533299859E+00 AscendingNode 1.156492480604733E+02 ArgOfPericenter 2.428558869347968E+02 MeanAnomaly 2.499057728063268E+02 Epoch 2452061.5 } }