Asteroid (896) Sphinx
Orbital characteristics
| Epoch 1-Jul-2021 (2459396.5 JD) | |
| Apoapsis | 2.6580 AU |
| 3.9763×108 km | |
| Periapsis | 1.9127 AU |
| 2.8614×108 km | |
| Semi-major axis | 2.2854 AU |
| 3.4189×108 km | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1630525 |
| Inclination | 8.1898 ° |
| Longitude of asc. node | 254.17 ° |
| Argument of periapsis | 2.0487 ° |
| Orbital period | 1261.93 days |
| 3.455 years | |
| Avg. orbital speed | 19.57 km/s |
Physical characteristics
| Mean diameter | 11.974 km |
| Rotation period (sidereal) | 12.952 hours |
| Albedo | 0.242 |
Links
Shape model data sources
- Durech et al., Asteroid models reconstructed from the Lowell Photometric Database and WISE data. Astronomy and Astrophysics, in press, 2018 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.
- Sphinx (Durech) (PLY 22 KB) (OBJ 49 KB)
- Sphinx (Durech) (PLY 21 KB) (OBJ 47 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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