Asteroids for Celestia

[gironde]

Jovian Trojan
Trojan camp

TrojanCamp.zip

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EnnomosFamily.zip

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part of Trojan

HippasosFamily.zip

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part of Ennomos

FIN010Family.zip

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part of Trojan


Jovian Trojan
others

JovianTrojanOther.zip

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[gironde]

NEA-ECA (Earth Crosser Asteroids), Earth Trojan

ApolloGroup.zip

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ApolloGroupPha.zip

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part of ApolloGroup

ArjunaGroup.zip

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AtenGroupPha.zip

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AtenGroup.zip

(7.58 KiB) Downloaded 239 times

part of AtenGroup

AtiraGroup.zip

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part of AtenGroup

AtiraGroupPha.zip

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part of AtiraGroup

EarthGrazer.zip

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EarthCrosser.zip

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[gironde]

thank to verify ApolloGroup.lua line 14

Code: Select all

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_planets : 1569 members asteroids belonging to this family
-- completed 15/11/2023
*----------------------------------------------------------------------


replace by

Code: Select all

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_planets : 1569 members asteroids belonging to this family
-- completed 15/11/2023
-----------------------------------------------------------------------


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NEA-ECA (Earth Crosser Asteroids), near Mercury

MercuryCrosser.zip

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MercuryGrazer.zip

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VulcanoidGroup.zip

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NEA-ECA (Earth Crosser Asteroids), near Venus

VenusCrosser.zip

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VenusGrazer.zip

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VatiraGroup.zip

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NEA-MCA (Earth Crosser Asteroids), near Mars

EurekaFamily.zip

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MarsTrojanOther.zip

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NEA-MCA (Earth Crosser Asteroids), near Mars

AethraFamily.zip

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AmorGroup.zip

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AmorGroupPha.zip

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MarsCrosser.zip

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MarsGrazerInner.zip

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MarsGrazerOuter.zip

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NEA-MCA (Earth Crosser Asteroids), near Mars
suite

AlindaGroup.zip

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AlindaGroupPha.zip

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[gironde]

following errors discovered, I am providing corrected versions of MercuryGrazer and VenusCrosser

MercuryGrazer.zip

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VenusCrosser.zip

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and with ApolloGroupPha.lua

ApolloGroupPha.zip

(13.44 KiB) Downloaded 254 times

Added after 52 minutes 4 seconds:
and also ArjunaGroup.lua

ArjunaGroup.zip

(1.03 KiB) Downloaded 230 times

I am sorry for all these errors discovered after my publication.
These are all syntax errors ("" or , or --) that I could not detect with Decoda because
the loading of Celestia stopped abruptly at the start of loading the lua layer.

[gironde]

Trojan, crosser, grazer

Jupiter

JovianCrosser.zip

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JovianGrazerInner.zip

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JovianGrazerOuter.zip

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Saturn

SaturnCrosser.zip

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SaturnGrazerInner.zip

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SaturnGrazerOuter.zip

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Uranus

UranusCrosser.zip

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UranusGrazerInner.zip

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UranusGrazerOuter.zip

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Neptune

NeptuneTrojan.zip

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NeptuneCrosser.zip

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NeptuneInnerGrazer.zip

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NeptuneOuterGrazer.zip

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[gironde]

ETNO = Extreme Trans Neptunian Objects

"GreyCentaur" -- CNO Grey Centaurs
"RedCentaur" -- CNO Red Centaurs
"CentaurGroup" -- CNO Centaur, Cis-Neptunian Object

"PlutinoClass" -- KBO - plutino - resonance 2:3 with Neptune
"PlutoCrosser" -- KBO - Pluto Crosser
"CubewanoClass" -- KBO - cubewano - resonance betwenn 2:3 & 1:2 with Neptune
"HaumeaFamily" -- KBO - sub-family Haumea
"TwotinoClass" -- KBO - twotino - resonance 1:2 with Neptune
"ThreetinoClass" -- KBO - threetino - resonance 1:3 with Neptune
"TNOother" -- KBO - others

"ScatteredDiscObject" -- SDO - Scattered disc objects

"DetachedDiscObject" -- ETNO - Detached Objects
"SednoidClass" -- ETNO - Sednoid
"ExtremeTNOother" -- ETNO - other

"PlanetNinePerturb" -- Planet Nine perturbation

CNO :

GreyCentaur.zip

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RedCentaur.zip

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CentaurGroup.zip

(1.83 KiB) Downloaded 236 times

others

KBO :

CubewanoClass.zip

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HaumeaFamily.zip

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part of cubewano

PlutinoClass.zip

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TwotinoClass.zip

(1.17 KiB) Downloaded 226 times

ThreetinoClass.zip

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TNOother.zip

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PlutoCrosser.zip

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SDO :

ScatteredDiscObject.zip

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ETNO :

DetachedDiscObject.zip

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ExtremeTNOother.zip

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SednoidClass.zip

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PlanetNinePerturb.zip

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[gironde]

I now have 12 GB of physical memory in my PC

But it wasn't enough to satisfy Celestia's needs.

I looked at the Windows 11 paging file.
It was set to 768MB max, which is nothing.
Sites on the net, like Malekal, recommend up to 3 x Ram.
I changed my values to 12288MB (12GB)
The Speccy software now tells me
12GB physical memory
17GB virtual memory

Celestia's loading is going much better.

[EarthMoon]

[small interruption of gironde's asteroid flood]

This is an addon for the asteroid (367943) Duende (2012 DA14) which flew by Earth on 15th February 2013. Its orbital semi-major axis decreased (sea screenshots).

The asteroid mesh is semi-fictional and has been created from this observation data.

Orbit right before flyby

Orbit right after flyby

Orbit during flyby

View from asteroid

2012da14.zip

(3.66 MiB) Downloaded 238 times

[asteroid flood will continue below]

[gironde]

'earthmoon'

as for Jupiter, the Trojans of Neptune group together in L3, L4 and L5

NeptuneTrojanAll.lua replace the previous file NeptuneTrojan.lua

new files, parts of NeptuneTrojanAll
NeptuneTrojanL3.lua
NeptuneTrojanL4.lua
NeptuneTrojanL5.lua

Neptune Trojans L3 L4 L5.zip

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[gironde]

asteroids from 600000 to 629008 (actual limit of publication by JPL)

asteroids numbered n°600000-609999 N=10000.zip

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asteroids numbered n°610000-619999 N=10000.zip

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asteroids numbered n°620000-629999 N=9009.zip

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(to 629008)

I made a txt file so you can modify the lists by family that I published previously :

classification familles to modified 600000-629008.zip

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[gironde]

I carried out a systematic check of the .ssc files of the asteroids that I proposed on the forum.
This check was carried out with EarthMoon celcheck.
The celcheck_1.3 version which integrates multiline parameter control being too slow, I used the celcheck_test1 version.
You will find in the archive, the corrected files as well as a text file listing all the errors and corrections made.

asteroids corrected by celcheck.zip

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[gironde]

resumption of the edition of asteroids according to JPL - Small-Body Database Query
groups and families are mainly extracted from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_planets:_620001–621000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_planets:_630001–631000

Today :
complete re-issue of series 620000-629008 up to 629999
new series 630000-639999

ssc files

asteroids n°620000-629008-629999 N=10000.zip

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asteroids n°630000-639999 N=10000.zip

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list goups anf families file

list 620000-629999.zip

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list 630000-639999.zip

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[gironde]

2x 10000 asteroids for suit

ssc files

asteroids n°640000-649999 N=10000.zip

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asteroids n°650000-659999 N=10000.zip

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list

list 640000-649999.zip

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list 650000-659999.zip

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[gironde]

1x 10,000 asteroids to continue publishing

ssc files

asteroids n°660000-669999 N=10000.zip

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list

list 660000-669999.zip

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[SpaceExplorer]

54598 Bienor is a centaur that grazes the orbit of Uranus, discovered on 2000-Aug-27. Stellar occultations observed between 2022 and 2023 revealed that Bienor shape is highly elongated, as explained in this article.

Thanks to N3cronium for helping me determine the ascending node!

[gironde]

3x 10,000 new asteroids to continue publishing
the publication stopped to n°699991

asteroids n°670000-679999 N=10000.zip

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asteroids n°680000-689999 N=10000.zip

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asteroids n°690000-699999 N=9992.zip

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list of this asteroids (.txt)

list 670000-679999.zip

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list 680000-689999.zip

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list 690000-699999.zip

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[gironde]

JPL update for asteroids
Asteroids numbered from 699992 to 699999 have been published by JPL. I have added them to my files
Below you will find the new edition which contains all asteroids from 690000 to 699999

asteroids numbered n°690000-699999 N=10000.zip

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list 690000-699999.zip

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JPL has also published asteroids from 700000 to 720000 but I haven't worked on those yet.

The lists that accompany my files allow you to remove duplicate asteroids (unnumbered / numbered) from your files.

[gironde]

Asteroids update from JPL:
700000 - 709999
710000 - 719999

asteroids numbered n°700000-709999 N=10000.zip

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asteroids numbered n°710000-719999 N=10000.zip

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list in text file

list 700000-719999.zip

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[DaveBowman2001]

About 12 minutes before impact over the Philippines

A meter-sized meteoroid known as 2024 RW₁ became the ninth asteroid discovered on a direct collision course with Earth. It entered the atmosphere off the coast of Cagayan Valley, Luzon Island in the Philippines yesterday (2024-Sept-4, 00:39 UTC+8), 14 hours after it was first spotted by the Catalina Sky Survey. Despite the stormy weather brought by the outgoing Typhoon Yagi (Enteng) at the time, its fireball was successfully observed and recorded by many Filipino astronomers and space enthusiasts as far south as Metro Manila and Cavite.

Simulation of the final six seconds before impact (Click to view GIF animation)

A huge thank you to N3cronium for giving the orbital data (and heads up!) necessary to make this small SSC add-on! Simple fireball effects were made by me, based on the code first introduced from Medusa's Tunguska add-on

2024 RW1.zip

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[SpaceExplorer]

In 2024-Sep-11, these two main-belt asteroids passed within about 300 km of each other (although there is considerable positional uncertainty for 2014 HO64). In any case, this close encounter could help determine the masses of these two asteroids.

NOTES:

- The closest approach occurs in 2024-Sep-11 04:54:50 UTC;

- JPL SSD does not report any albedo or diameter values ​​for 2014 HO64. Therefore, I used the CNEOS tool to obtain a estimate, with its absolute magnitude and assuming a default albedo of 0.15;

- There are no known rotational parameters for any of the asteroids. Therefore, I assumed a default value of 6 hours for the rotational period of both.