Comet 1P/Halley
Orbital characteristics
| Epoch 17-Feb-1994 (2449400.5 JD) | |
| Apoapsis | 35.082 AU |
| 5.2482×109 km | |
| Periapsis | 0.5860 AU |
| 8.7661×107 km | |
| Semi-major axis | 17.834 AU |
| 2.668×109 km | |
| Eccentricity | 0.9671429 |
| Inclination | 162.26 ° |
| Longitude of asc. node | 58.420 ° |
| Argument of periapsis | 111.33 ° |
| Orbital period | 27509.1 days |
| 75.32 years | |
| Avg. orbital speed | 5.002 km/s |
Physical characteristics
| Mean diameter | 11.000 km |
| Extent | 14.9x8.2 km |
| Albedo | 0.040 |
Links
Shape model data sources
- Stooke, P., Small Body Shape Models. EAR-A-5-DDR-STOOKE-SHAPE-MODELS-V1.0. NASA Planetary Data System, 2002. 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.
- Halley (Giotto/Vega Stooke Model 1) (PLY 94 KB) (OBJ 160 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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