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# All asteroid colors (except for Dactyl) are derived from SMASS spectra
# and converted to RGB values using Matt Wronkiewicz's spectrum2rgb utility
# that is distributed with the Celestia source package.

# A few main belt asteroids . . 
"1 Ceres:Ceres:A899 OF" "Sol" 
{ 
	Class "dwarfplanet" 
	Texture "asteroid.jpg" 
	Color [ 1.000 0.945 0.881 ]
	BlendTexture true
	Radius 487.5        # 975x909km
	Oblateness 0.068    # Thomas et al, Nature, 8 Sep 2005

	EllipticalOrbit 
	{ 
	Epoch       2452600.5     # 2002 Nov 22 00:00UT 
	Period            4.60014 
	SemiMajorAxis     2.7660 
	Eccentricity      0.0793 
	Inclination      10.584 
	AscendingNode    80.483 
	ArgOfPericenter  74.043 
	MeanAnomaly     232.067 
	} 

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period         9.074170 # Icarus 2007,188(2):451 
	Epoch    2449249.91125  # 1993 Sep 19 09:52:12UT 
	Inclination             11 
	AscendingNode  		29 
	MeridianAngle       339.85 
	}

	Albedo 0.113 
} 

"2 Pallas:Pallas" "Sol" 
# Pole and shape from Schmidt et al
# "Hubble takes a look at Pallas: Shape, Size and Surface"
# (2008) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/2502.pdf
{ 
	Class "asteroid" 
	Texture "asteroid.jpg" 
	Color [ 1.000 0.952 0.903 ]
	BlendTexture true
	SemiAxes [ 291 278 250 ] 

	EllipticalOrbit 
	{ 
	Epoch       2452600.5     # 2002 Nov 22 00:00UT 
	Period            4.61868 
	SemiMajorAxis     2.7733 
	Eccentricity      0.2300 
	Inclination      34.846 
	AscendingNode   173.166 
	ArgOfPericenter 310.423 
	MeanAnomaly     218.057 
	} 

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period		7.81323264 
	Inclination	113 
	AscendingNode	118 
	MeridianAngle	339 
	}

	Albedo 0.159 
} 

"3 Juno:Juno" "Sol"
{ 
	Class "asteroid" 
	Texture "asteroid.jpg" 
        Color [ 1.000 0.912 0.833 ]
	BlendTexture true
	SemiAxes [ 145 120 95 ] 

	EllipticalOrbit 
	{ 
	Epoch       2452600.5     # 2002 Nov 22 00:00UT 
	Period            4.35540 
	SemiMajorAxis     2.6669 
	Eccentricity      0.2589 
	Inclination      12.972 
	AscendingNode   170.133 
	ArgOfPericenter 247.948 
	MeanAnomaly     119.146 
	} 

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period         7.811 
	Inclination             56 
	AscendingNode 196 
	}

	Albedo 0.238 
} 

"4 Vesta:Vesta" "Sol" 
{ 
	Class "asteroid" 
	Mesh   "vesta.cmod" 
	Texture "asteroid.jpg" 
        Color [ 1.000 0.923 0.851 ]
	BlendTexture true
	Radius    279 # maximum semi-axis
	MeshCenter [ 0.77 3.424 -0.554 ]

	InfoURL "http://www.solarviews.com/eng/vesta.htm"

	EllipticalOrbit 
	{ 
	Epoch       2452000.5       # 2001 Apr 1 00:00UT 
	Period            3.62729 
	SemiMajorAxis     2.3670775 
	Eccentricity      0.089753 
	Inclination       7.1346 
	AscendingNode   103.9510 
	ArgOfPericenter 149.4585 
	MeanAnomaly     104.980 
	} 

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period         5.342 
	Epoch    2450124.90833 # 1996 May 11 09:48UT 
	Inclination             40 
	AscendingNode  91 
	MeridianAngle       325.77 
	}

	Albedo 0.423 
} 



# Some of the asteroids visited by spacecraft
"951 Gaspra:Gaspra:A913 YA" "Sol"
{
	Class "asteroid"
	Mesh "gaspra.cmod"
	Texture "gaspramosaic.*" # Phil Stooke
	Color [ 1.000 0.883 0.769 ]
	BlendTexture true
	Radius    9.1 # maximum semi-axis
	MeshCenter [ 1.540 -0.064 -0.118 ]

	EllipticalOrbit
	{
	Epoch     2448559.0        # 1991 Oct 29 12:00UT (Galileo encounter)
	Period          3.2837     # average
	SemiMajorAxis   2.2096348  # at epoch
	Eccentricity    0.1738752  # at epoch
	Inclination     4.0975771  # at epoch
	AscendingNode   253.445592 # at epoch
	ArgOfPericenter 129.045896 # at epoch
	MeanAnomaly     280.769206 # at epoch
	}

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period         7.042073
	Inclination             69.28
	AscendingNode 109.59
	MeridianAngle        58.865
	}

	Albedo 0.1
}

"243 Ida:Ida:A910 CD" "Sol"
{
	Class "asteroid"
	Mesh "ida.cmod"
	Texture "idamosaic.*" # Phil Stooke
        Color [ 1.000 0.901 0.815 ]
	BlendTexture true
	Radius    28.9 # maximum semi-axis
	MeshCenter [ -1.424 -0.417 0.115 ]

	EllipticalOrbit
	{
	Epoch	  2449228.0        # 1993 Aug 28 12:00UT (Galileo encounter)
	Period          4.8417     # mean
	SemiMajorAxis   2.863731   # at epoch
	Eccentricity    0.043109   # at epoch
	Inclination     1.137110   # at epoch
	AscendingNode   324.586055 # at epoch
	ArgOfPericenter 113.017101 # at epoch
        MeanAnomaly     131.594945 # at epoch
	}

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period         4.633632
	Inclination	     156.96
	AscendingNode 352.77
	MeridianAngle       359.46
	}

	Albedo 0.24
}

"Dactyl:243 Ida I:Ida I:1993 (243) 1" "Sol/Ida"
{
	# Data for Dactyl taken from: 
	# Petit et al.: The Long-Term Dynamics of Dactyl's Orbit
	# (Icarus 1997: 130; 177-197) - linked in the InfoURL

	InfoURL "http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~hurfordt/research/papers/Icarus130.pdf"

	Class "asteroid"
	Texture "asteroid.jpg"
	# Use the same color as for Ida--uncertain if this is correct
        Color [ 1.000 0.901 0.815 ]
	BlendTexture true
	Mesh "roughsphere.cms"
	Radius   0.7

	EllipticalOrbit
	{
	Epoch	     2449228.2028  # 1993 Aug 28 16:52:05UT
	Period             0.96534 # stable 5:1 resonant orbit (Petit et al.)
	SemiMajorAxis     83.5     # stable 5:1 resonant orbit (Petit et al.)
	Eccentricity       0.13    # stable 5:1 resonant orbit (Petit et al.)
	LongOfPericenter 310       # stable pericenter at 90:E Ida longitude (Petit et al.)
	AscendingNode     90       # VERY approximate - chosen to place Dactyl north 
                                   # of Ida's equator, as seen at time of Galileo encounter
	Inclination        8       # estimated at 7-9 degrees (Petit et al.)
	}

	UniformRotation
	{
	MeridianAngle   123       # place prime meridian facing Ida
	}

	Albedo 0.2
}


"433 Eros:Eros:1898 DQ" "Sol"
{
	Class "asteroid"
	Mesh   "eros.cmod"
	Texture "eros.*"
	# NormalMap "erosbump2k.jpg"
        Color [ 1.000 0.880 0.764 ]
        # The texture is already tinted with the asteroid color
	#BlendTexture true
	Radius 16.3 # maximum semi-axis
	MeshCenter [ -1.262 0.168 -0.164 ]

	EllipticalOrbit
	{
	Epoch       2451171.0      # 1998 Dec 23 12:00UT (NEAR-Shoemaker encounter)
	Period            1.761    # average
	SemiMajorAxis     1.458261 # at epoch
	Eccentricity      0.222885 # at epoch
	Inclination      10.830143 # at epoch
	AscendingNode   304.430882 # at epoch
	ArgOfPericenter 178.613184 # at epoch
	MeanAnomaly     208.403434 # at epoch
	}

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period                5.270
	Inclination          78.70
	AscendingNode 	    107.23
	MeridianAngle       338.165
	}

	Albedo 0.16
}

"25143 Itokawa:Itokawa:1998 SF36" "Sol"
{
    Class "asteroid"

    Mesh "itokawa.cmod"
    Radius 0.315

    InfoURL "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25143_Itokawa"

    # Osculating elements from HORIZONS
    EllipticalOrbit
    {
        Epoch             2453625.5 # 2005 Sep 12--Hayabusa arrival
        Period 	          1.523231392
        SemiMajorAxis     1.323849003
        Eccentricity      0.2801215972
        Inclination       1.622265921
        AscendingNode    69.09461308
        ArgOfPericenter 162.7594572
        MeanAnomaly     310.6795025
    }

    # Retrograde rotation pole with RA 90.53 and Dec -66.30
    # From "Pole and global shape of 25143 Itokawa",
    # Demura et al, Science, 2 Jun 2006
    BodyFrame { EquatorJ2000 {} }      
    UniformRotation
    {
        Inclination    156.30
        AscendingNode  180.53
        Period          12.132
    }

    Color [ 1 0.96 0.80 ] # Approximation based on natural color images
    LunarLambert 0.5      # Approximate a dusty surface

    # Align model with Celestia's coordinate system
#   Orientation [ 90 1 0 0 ]
    Orientation [ 180 0 1 1 ]

    Albedo 0.53
}



# Radar-imaged asteroids
"4179 Toutatis:Toutatis:1989 AC" "Sol"
{
	Class "asteroid"
	Mesh   "toutatis.cmod"
	Texture "asteroid.jpg"
        Color [ 1.000 0.904 0.803 ]
	BlendTexture true
	Radius  2.3 # maximum semi-axis
	MeshCenter [ 0.0313 0.2171 0.0064 ]

	InfoURL "http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/4179_Toutatis/toutatis.html"

	EllipticalOrbit
	{
	Epoch       2452200.5       # 2001 Oct 18 00:00UT
	Period            3.976715
	SemiMajorAxis     2.5100537
	Eccentricity      0.6342274
	Inclination       0.46959
	AscendingNode   128.24788
	ArgOfPericenter 274.78070
        MeanAnomaly      86.28120
	}

	PrecessingRotation
	{
	Period  129.6         # 5.41 days
	Inclination       145
	PrecessionPeriod  -0.0201        # 7.35 day period
	}

	Albedo 0.16
}

"1620 Geographos:Geographos:1951 RA" "Sol"
{
	Class "asteroid"
	Mesh   "geographos.cmod"
	Texture "asteroid.jpg"
        Color [ 1.000 0.901 0.802 ]
	BlendTexture true
	Radius  2.53 # maximum semi-axis
	MeshCenter [ 0.154 -0.002 -0.026 ]

	InfoURL "http://www.solarviews.com/eng/geograph.htm"

	EllipticalOrbit
	{
	Epoch       2450800.5    # 1997 Dec 18 00:00UT
	Period            1.39 
	SemiMajorAxis     1.2455
	Eccentricity      0.3354
	Inclination      13.34
	AscendingNode   337.352
	ArgOfPericenter 276.756
        MeanAnomaly     180.595
	}

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period         5.223 
	Inclination            136 
	AscendingNode 145 
	}

	Albedo 0.326 
}

"216 Kleopatra:Kleopatra:A905 OA" "Sol"
{
	Class "asteroid"
	Mesh   "kleopatra.cmod"
	Texture "asteroid.jpg"
        Color [ 1.000 0.932 0.888 ]
	BlendTexture true
	Radius  110 # maximum semi-axis
	MeshCenter [ -3.049 2.379 1.429 ]

	InfoURL "http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/~ostro/kle/index.html" 

	EllipticalOrbit
	{
	Epoch       2450800.5    # 1997 Dec 12 00:00UT
	Period            4.67
	SemiMajorAxis     2.791
	Eccentricity      0.2531
	Inclination      13.138
	AscendingNode   215.699
	ArgOfPericenter 179.350
        MeanAnomaly     225.804
	}

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period         5.385
	Inclination             63 
	AscendingNode 162    
	}

	Albedo 0.16
	# Class M

}

"1998 KY26" "Sol"
{
	Class "asteroid"
	Mesh   "ky26.cmod"
	Texture "asteroid.jpg"
	Radius  0.015 # maximum semi-axis
	MeshCenter [ -0.000718 -0.000099 0.000556 ]

	InfoURL "http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/~ostro/KY26/index.html"

	EllipticalOrbit
	{
	Epoch       2452000.5        # 2001 Apr 1 00:00UT
	Period            1.3752
	SemiMajorAxis     1.2320798
	Eccentricity      0.20151423
	Inclination       1.48127
	AscendingNode    84.45490
	ArgOfPericenter 209.14766
        MeanAnomaly     356.6879717
	}

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period 0.178
	}

	Albedo 0.15

}

"2063 Bacchus:Bacchus:1977 HB" "Sol"
{
	Class "asteroid"
	Mesh   "bacchus.cmod"
	Texture "asteroid.jpg"
        Color [ 1.000 0.899 0.777 ]
	BlendTexture true
	Radius  0.55 # maximum semi-axis
	MeshCenter [ -0.00936 -0.00610 0.00289 ]

	InfoURL "http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/~ostro/bacchus/index.html" 

	EllipticalOrbit
	{
	Epoch       2452000.5        # 2001 Apr 1 00:00UT 
	Period            1.1223
	SemiMajorAxis     1.0781035
	Eccentricity      0.34951251
	Inclination       9.43160
	AscendingNode    33.23590
	ArgOfPericenter  55.18040
        MeanAnomaly     229.8627955
	}

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period        14.90 
	Inclination            116 
	AscendingNode 114 
	}

	Albedo 0.15
}

"6489 Golevka:Golevka:1991 JX" "Sol"
{
	Class "asteroid"
	Mesh   "golevka.cmod"
	Texture "asteroid.jpg"
        Color [ 1.000 0.856 0.747 ]
	BlendTexture true
	Radius  0.34 # maximum semi-axis
	MeshCenter [ -0.0289 -0.0111 -0.0331 ]

	InfoURL "http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/~ostro/gol/index.html" 

	EllipticalOrbit
	{
	Epoch       2452000.5        # 2001 Apr 1 00:00UT 
	Period            3.995
	SemiMajorAxis     2.5120500
	Eccentricity      0.60117380
	Inclination       2.28701
	AscendingNode   212.16560
	ArgOfPericenter  65.25133
        MeanAnomaly     159.8983670
	}

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period         6.0289 
	Inclination            135 
	AscendingNode 292 
	}
    
	Albedo 0.15 
}

"4769 Castalia:Castalia:1989 PB" "Sol"
{ 
	Class "asteroid"
	Mesh   "castalia.cmod"
	Texture "asteroid.jpg"
	BlendTexture true
	Radius  0.81 # maximum semi-axis
	MeshCenter [ -0.0456 -0.0347 -0.0178 ]

	InfoURL "http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/4769_Castalia/cast01.html"

	EllipticalOrbit
	{
	Epoch       2452000.5        # 2001 Apr 1 00:00UT
	Period            1.096
	SemiMajorAxis     1.0632007
	Eccentricity      0.48324394
	Inclination       8.88806
	AscendingNode   325.71246
	ArgOfPericenter 121.26355
        MeanAnomaly     152.5186007
	}

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period         4.095 
	Inclination            146 
	AscendingNode 325 
	}

	Albedo 0.15 
}

# Centaurs
"2060 Chiron:Chiron:1977 UB:95P Chiron" "Sol" 
{ 
	Class "asteroid" 
	Texture "asteroid.jpg" 
        Color [ 1.000 0.960 0.919 ]
	BlendTexture true
	Radius 144 

	EllipticalOrbit 
	{ 
	Epoch        2449608.5      # 1994 Sep 13 00:00UT
	Period            50.90359 
	SemiMajorAxis     13.734941 
	Eccentricity       0.384424 
	Inclination        6.927771 
	AscendingNode    209.395188 
	ArgOfPericenter  339.432152 
	MeanAnomaly      349.983669 
	} 

	UniformRotation
	{
	Period 5.918 
	}

	Albedo 0.048 
}