Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 2.527 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.1043
  • Inclination: 5.74 deg
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 87.98 deg
  • Argument of Periapsis: 95.35 deg
  • Mean Anomaly: 268.01 deg

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: 9.63400 km
  • Magnitude: 12.69
  • Albedo: 0.138

Shape Model Characteristics

At 2445734.0 JD:
  • Spin period in hours: 10.93791
  • Spin latitude: 22.0
  • Spin longitude: 22.0
  • Spin angle: 0.0
  • Quality level: -1.0

This shape model of asteroid Gagarin is provided by the DAMIT database from The Astronomical Institute of the Charles University in Prague, Czechia.

The model is rotated on its Z axis for the purpose of this visualization, which may not reflect actual rotation.