Documentation / @interstellar-tools/constants / ASTEROIDS

Variable: ASTEROIDS

const ASTEROIDS: AsteroidsType;

Defined in: bodies/asteroids.ts:27

Represents a collection of well-known asteroids within the solar system simulation.

INFO

• Units: a in astronomical units (au); period in days (d); radius in km.

• Orbital angles i, w, and om are in degrees.

• display.color and display.size are rendering hints only.

• Sources: compiled from public references, mainly NASA, NASA JPL, ESA and Wikipedia. See data sources.

Full list of asteroids in the dataset

This list is not an exhaustive list, and addition/changes will be added over time.

id	name	type	category	spectralType	parent	orbit.a	orbit.e	orbit.i	orbit.w	orbit.om	orbit.angle	orbit.period	orbit.retrograde	orbit.q	radius	display.color	display.size
4-vesta	Vesta	main-belt asteroid	large asteroid	v-type	sun	2.362 au	0.09	7.1	151.2	103.8	5.527458	1325.2 d		2.151 au	262.7 km	#999999	1
433-eros	Eros	near-earth asteroid	amor group	s-type	sun	1.458 au	0.223	10.8	178.9	304.3	1.553343	643.2 d		1.134 au	8.4 km	#aaaaaa	1
2-pallas	Pallas	main-belt asteroid	large asteroid	b-type	sun	2.773 au	0.231	34.8	310.2	173.1	0.579449	1684.9 d		2.13 au	256 km	#888888	1
10-hygiea	Hygiea	main-belt asteroid	large asteroid	c-type	sun	3.141 au	0.112	3.8	312.3	283.2	2.656391	2033.8 d		2.788 au	216.5 km	#666666	1
704-interamnia	Interamnia	main-belt asteroid	large asteroid	f-type	sun	3.062 au	0.127	17.3	339.4	73.1	0.788889	1960.9 d		2.671 au	166 km	#777777	1
31-euphrosyne	Euphrosyne	main-belt asteroid	large asteroid	c-type	sun	3.155 au	0.223	26.3	34.8	359.2	3.150319	2045.5 d		2.451 au	134 km	#555555	1
16-psyche	Psyche	main-belt asteroid	large asteroid	m-type	sun	2.924 au	0.14	3.1	228	150.2	1.520182	1820.1 d		2.515 au	111 km	#999999	1
511-davida	Davida	main-belt asteroid	large asteroid	c-type	sun	3.168 au	0.195	15.9	308.2	296.1	2.099631	2059.6 d		2.549 au	149 km	#444444	1
52-europa	Europa	main-belt asteroid	large asteroid	c-type	sun	3.101 au	0.101	7.5	87.7	304.4	3.675663	1977.9 d		2.788 au	156.5 km	#555555	1
3-juno	Juno	main-belt asteroid	large asteroid	s-type	sun	2.67 au	0.257	12.9	248.3	169.8	1.74882	1594.4 d		1.986 au	117 km	#aaaaaa	1
15-eunomia	Eunomia	main-belt asteroid	large asteroid	s-type	sun	2.643 au	0.186	11.7	97.5	293.3	1.054179	1567.6 d		2.153 au	136 km	#bbbbbb	1

Example item in dataset:

{
  id: '4-vesta',
  name: 'Vesta',
  type: 'main-belt asteroid',
  category: 'large asteroid',
  spectralType: 'v-type', // vesta has a unique basaltic surface
  parent: 'sun',
  orbit: {
    a: { value: 2.362, unit: 'au' },
    e: 0.09,
    i: 7.1 as DegreesType,
    w: 151.2 as DegreesType,
    om: 103.8 as DegreesType,
    angle: 5.527458 as Radians,
    period: { value: 1325.2, unit: 'd' },
    q: { value: 2.151, unit: 'au' }
  },
  radius: { value: 262.7, unit: 'km' },
  display: {
    color: '#999999',
    size: 1
  }
},

See

AsteroidsType.

Example

console.log(ASTEROIDS[0].name); // "Ceres"