Asteroid · 243
Ida

Measurements
- Effective diameter
- 32 km
- Semimajor axis
- 2.863 AU
- Orbital period
- 1,769.741 Earth days
Orbit, physical values and uncertainties
- eccentricity
- .04610962795708528 ± 1.0226E-9
- semi-major axis
- 2.863348031699649 au ± 1.7807E-9
- perihelion distance
- 2.731320119246325 au ± 4.0912E-9
- inclination; angle with respect to x-y ecliptic plane
- 1.130363094271507 deg ± 6.2439E-8
- longitude of the ascending node
- 323.5366609419851 deg ± 3.9529E-6
- argument of perihelion
- 113.2571826848795 deg ± 4.3509E-6
- mean anomaly
- 49.64769088009876 deg ± 2.059E-6
- time of perihelion passage
- 2460956.434615665439 TDB ± 9.9299E-6
- sidereal orbital period
- 1769.740682857457 d ± 1.6509E-6
- mean motion
- .2034196328801896 deg/d ± 1.8976E-10
- aphelion distance
- 2.995375944152972 au ± 1.8628E-9
- absolute magnitude
- 10.06
- diameter
- 32 km
- extent
- 59.8x25.4x18.6 km
- GM
- 0.00275 km^3/s^2 ± 0.00035
- bulk density
- 2.6 g/cm^3 ± 0.5
- rotation period
- 4.634 h
- geometric albedo
- 0.262 ± 0.032
- B-V
- 0.802 ± 0.009
- U-B
- 0.416 ± 0.037
- Tholen spectral type
- S
- SMASSII spectral type
- S
Published JPL orbital elements describe their stated epoch; they are not current positions. Small-body diameters can be effective/model-dependent sizes, not spherical shapes. Missing measurements remain unavailable. Pluto’s diameter uses the New Horizons reference rather than an empty SBDB field. Orbital epoch: JD 2461200.5 TDB.
Object reference ↗Missions & milestones
1 launches · 0 connected events
These are target-related flights and every connected programme record in the production catalogue. A connected event may concern another stage or target of the same journey. Launch outcome does not establish arrival or current operation.
TARGET-RELATED FLIGHT
→STS-34 (Galileo)
October 18, 1989 · UTC
Complete source cohort: 9,386 records.
