Asteroid (97109) 1999 VD79
Orbital characteristics
| Epoch 1-Jul-2021 (2459396.5 JD) | |
| Apoapsis | 2.9000 AU |
| 4.3383×108 km | |
| Periapsis | 2.4232 AU |
| 3.6251×108 km | |
| Semi-major axis | 2.6616 AU |
| 3.9817×108 km | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0895637 |
| Inclination | 2.5188 ° |
| Longitude of asc. node | 279.65 ° |
| Argument of periapsis | 152.77 ° |
| Orbital period | 1586.03 days |
| 4.342 years | |
| Avg. orbital speed | 18.22 km/s |
Physical characteristics
| Mean diameter | 3.3450 km |
| Rotation period (sidereal) | 17.095 hours |
| Albedo | 0.091 |
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.
- 1999 VD79 (Durech) (PLY 22 KB) (OBJ 49 KB)
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Surface Textures
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