# This file contains the orbital elements in Celestia's SSC format. # for Comet 46P/Wirtanen # by Selden Ball seb+cel@lns.cornell.edu # # The information was obtained from # http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/mpec/K02/K02M33.html # by Brian G. Marsden # 46P/Wirtanen #Epoch 2002 Sept. 3.0 TT = JDT 2452520.5 #T 2002 Aug. 26.74628 TT MPC #q 1.0587602 (2000.0) P Q #n 0.18107117 Peri. 356.39842 +0.19682227 -0.95950035 #a 3.0943529 Node 82.17432 +0.90454239 +0.09840414 #e 0.6578412 Incl. 11.73813 +0.37823810 +0.26396157 #P 5.44 "46P/Wirtanen" "Sol" { Class "comet" Mesh "asteroid.cms" Texture "asteroid.jpg" Radius 0.6 EllipticalOrbit { Period 5.443205 # calc: sma**1.5 SemiMajorAxis 3.0943529 Eccentricity 0.6578412 Inclination 11.73813 AscendingNode 82.17432 ArgOfPericenter 356.39842 MeanAnomaly 0.0 Epoch 2452513.24628 # 2002 aug 26.74628 } Albedo 0.2 }