Asteroid · 243

Ida

243 Ida · spacecraft or telescope observation
Galileo view of Ida and its moon Dactyl. NASA/JPL · Image source ↗

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.

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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

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