# This file contains the orbital elements for 6 Martian Trojan asteroids # # The information 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/MarsTrojans.html # and translated into Celestia's format # by Selden Ball seb+cel@lns.cornell.edu midSept., 2002. # # Comment: If the semi-major axis and period of the trojans' orbits are not identical # to those of Mars, then they'll drift out of sync with no gravity to pull them back. # I've arbitrarily set their periods and values of "a" to be the same as those of Mars # so Celestia should keep drawing them in appaopriate places. # # P = Period in years == a^3/2 = "a to the three halves" = sqrt(a**3) (only true for solar orbits) # i = Inclination of the orbit with respect to the J2000 ecliptic plane. (Deg) # # Ln = lagrange point: L4 = leading; L5 = trailing # q = Perihelion distance (AU) # Q = Aphelion distance (AU) # H = absolute visual magnitude --> diameter: 3.0=670-1500km; 16=2-4 # Epoch = date of observation (yyyymmdd) --> Julian date # M = mean anomaly (Deg) # Peri. = w = Arg of Perihelion wrt J2000.0 ecliptic (deg) # Node = long. of ascending node wrt J2000.0 ecliptic (deg) # Incl. = orbital inclination wrt J2000.0 ecliptic (deg) # e = orbital eccentricity = eccentric anomaly # a = semimajor axis (AU) # z = reciprocal sma (1/AU) # Opps. = # of oppositions of observations # # #Designation (and name) Prov. Des. Ln q Q H Epoch M Peri. # (5261) Eureka 1990 MB L5 1.425 1.622 16.1 20021122 149.52 95.4 # Node Incl. e a Opps. Ref # 245.1 20.3 0.065 1.524 6 MPC 30250 "Eureka" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "asteroid.cms" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Radius 2.0 EllipticalOrbit { Period 1.8809 SemiMajorAxis 1.5237 #1.524 Eccentricity 0.065 Inclination 20.3 AscendingNode 245.1 ArgOfPericenter 95.4 MeanAnomaly 149.52 Epoch 2452613.5 } Albedo 0.1 RotationPeriod 30.0 } #Prov. Des. Ln q Q H Epoch M Peri. Node Incl. e a Opps. Ref. #1998 VF31 L5 1.371 1.677 17.4 20021122 307.35 310.4 221.4 31.3 0.100 1.524 3 MPO 10873 "1998 VF31" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "asteroid.cms" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Radius 1.5 EllipticalOrbit { Period 1.8809 SemiMajorAxis 1.5237 #1.524 Eccentricity 0.1 Inclination 31.3 AscendingNode 221.4 ArgOfPericenter 310.4 MeanAnomaly 307.35 Epoch 2452613.5 } Albedo 0.1 RotationPeriod 30.0 } #Prov. Des. Ln q Q H Epoch M Peri. Node Incl. e a Opps. Ref. #1999 UJ7 L4 1.465 1.584 17.0 20021122 236.63 48.2 347.4 16.8 0.039 1.524 2 MPO 27649 "1999 UJ7" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "asteroid.cms" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Radius 1.5 EllipticalOrbit { Period 1.8809 SemiMajorAxis 1.5237 # 1.524 Eccentricity 0.039 Inclination 16.8 AscendingNode 347.4 ArgOfPericenter 48.2 MeanAnomaly 236.63 Epoch 2452613.5 } Albedo 0.1 RotationPeriod 30.0 } #Prov. Des. Ln q Q H Epoch M Peri. Node Incl. e a Opps. Ref. #2001 DH47 L5 1.468 1.572 19.7 20010131 344.3 14.5 147.4 24.2 0.034 1.520 ( 20d) MPO 11059 "2001 DH47" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "asteroid.cms" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Radius 0.5 EllipticalOrbit { Period 1.8809 SemiMajorAxis 1.5237 # 1.520 Eccentricity 0.034 Inclination 24.2 AscendingNode 147.4 ArgOfPericenter 14.5 MeanAnomaly 344.3 Epoch 2451953.5 } Albedo 0.1 RotationPeriod 30.0 } #Prov. Des. Ln q Q H Epoch M Peri. Node Incl. e a Opps. Ref. #2001 FG24 L5 1.319 1.717 21.3 20010312 319.7 48.1 165.5 19.2 0.131 1.518 ( 6d) MPO 12317 "2001 FG24" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "asteroid.cms" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Radius 0.225 EllipticalOrbit { Period 1.8809 SemiMajorAxis 1.5237 # 1.518 Eccentricity 0.131 Inclination 19.2 AscendingNode 165.5 ArgOfPericenter 48.1 MeanAnomaly 319.7 Epoch 2451993.5 } Albedo 0.1 RotationPeriod 30.0 } #Prov. Des. Ln q Q H Epoch M Peri. Node Incl. e a Opps. Ref. #2001 FR127 L5 1.354 1.692 19.0 20010401 72.3 277.4 191.0 28.5 0.111 1.523 ( 18d) MPO 13842 "2001 FR127" "Sol" { Class "asteroid" Mesh "asteroid.cms" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Radius 0.68 EllipticalOrbit { Period 1.8809 SemiMajorAxis 1.5237 # 1.523 Eccentricity 0.111 Inclination 28.5 AscendingNode 191.0 ArgOfPericenter 277.4 MeanAnomaly 72.3 Epoch 2452013.5 } Albedo 0.1 RotationPeriod 30.0 }