Asteroid Fact Sheet

Nov 15, 2009 16:55

Icelus

  • Pronounced /ĭ/-kə-lŭs (IH-keh-lus)
  • Current distance from sun: 62.1 AU (5.77 × 109 miles)
  • Aphelion: 63 AU
  • Perihelion: 32 AU
  • Orbital period: 331.2 years (2:1 orbital resonance with Neptune)
  • Radius: 137.5 meters (451.1 feet)
  • Mass: 2.18 × 1010 kilograms
  • Surface composition: primarily water ice, with ammonia, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, and methane ices also present.
  • "Mountain" to the southwest is 41m (135ft) high

Facing South, with North being sunward.

Morpheus

  • Pronounced /mōr/-fē-ŭs (MORE-fee-us)
  • Current distance from sun: 62.1 AU (5.77 × 109 miles)
  • Aphelion: 63 AU
  • Perihelion: 32 AU
  • Orbital period: 331.2 years (2:1 orbital resonance with Neptune)
  • Radius: 1.75 kilometers (1.09 miles)
  • Mass: 4.49 × 1013 kilograms
  • Surface composition: primarily water ice, with ammonia, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, and methane ices also present.

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