Asteroid (80) Sappho

Orbital characteristics

Epoch 1-Jul-2021 (2459396.5 JD)
Apoapsis	2.7564 AU
Apoapsis	4.1234×10⁸ km
Periapsis	1.8358 AU
Periapsis	2.7464×10⁸ km
Semi-major axis	2.2961 AU
Semi-major axis	3.4349×10⁸ km
Eccentricity	0.2004548
Inclination	8.6750 °
Longitude of asc. node	218.67 °
Argument of periapsis	139.52 °
Orbital period	1270.82 days
Orbital period	3.479 years
Avg. orbital speed	19.46 km/s

Physical characteristics

Mean diameter	68.563 km
Rotation period (sidereal)	14.031 hours
Albedo	0.206

Models:

Ďurech

Hanuš

Textures: Solid Gray Apparent Color Grid

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Shape model data sources

Ďurech et al., Asteroid models from combined sparse and dense photometric data. Astron. Astrophys. 493, 2009 link
Hanuš et al., Volumes and bulk densities of forty asteroids from ADAM shape modeling. Astronomy & Astrophysics 601, id.A114, 2017 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.

Sappho (Ďurech) (PLY 38 KB) (OBJ 62 KB)
Sappho (Hanuš) (PLY 16 KB) (OBJ 35 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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Last Modified: 28 Jul 2021