Asteroid (1299) Mertona
Orbital characteristics
| Epoch 17-Dec-2020 (2459200.5 JD) | |
| Apoapsis | 3.3301 AU |
| 4.9818×108 km | |
| Periapsis | 2.2764 AU |
| 3.4055×108 km | |
| Semi-major axis | 2.8033 AU |
| 4.1936×108 km | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1879419 |
| Inclination | 7.8752 ° |
| Longitude of asc. node | 165.55 ° |
| Argument of periapsis | 260.32 ° |
| Orbital period | 1714.34 days |
| 4.694 years | |
| Avg. orbital speed | 17.63 km/s |
Physical characteristics
| Mean diameter | 14.140 km |
| Rotation period (sidereal) | 4.9769 hours |
| Albedo | 0.243 |
Links
Shape model data sources
- Ďurech et al., Asteroid models from the Lowell Photometric Database. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2016 link
Downloads
Models
Models are given in Stanford Triangle Format (PLY) and Alias Waveform Format (OBJ) - you can use MeshLab or any other tool to convert them to other formats.
- Mertona (Model 1) (PLY 39 KB) (OBJ 62 KB)
- Mertona (Model 2) (PLY 39 KB) (OBJ 61 KB)
Please note that the models are in planetocentric coordinate system, with Z axis passing through north pole. Actual rotational axis may differ from planetocentric poles, especially for small irregular bodies.
Surface Textures
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