# Comet Hyakutake
# radius and orbit values are as described on
# http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Feb97/Bright.html
# rotation period as described on
# http://www.lowell.edu/Research/Projects/hyakutake_research/hyaresearch.html
#
"C/1996 B2 Hyakutake" "Sol" # the / causes "Select" problems in Celestia
{
Class "comet"
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 1.3          # km
RotationPeriod 6.23 # hours

EllipticalOrbit 
 { 
 Period               29270.0   #years for Solar objects
 PericenterDistance       0.230 #Astronomical Units
 Eccentricity             0.999 #pure number
 Inclination            124.9   #degrees
 AscendingNode          187.3   #degrees
 ArgOfPericenter        130.2   #degrees
 MeanAnomaly              0.0   #degrees travelled along the orbit 
                                # since pericenter passage
 Epoch              2450204.896 #1996 05 01.396 Julian equivalent
                                # date of pericenter passage
 } 
 
}