Toutatis

Toutatis — asteroid, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore Toutatis in a live 3D Solar System. Follow its calculated motion and inspect real astronomical data, distances and orbital facts.

A tumbling, irregular near-Earth asteroid. The displayed model is reconstructed from radar echoes and uses a neutral material. Its attitude is held illustrative because a single constant spin cannot represent its complex tumbling.

Model

Hudson radar shape · NASA PDS archive

Model extent

2.28 × 1.91 × 4.58 km

Surface

Neutral material; no photographic surface map

Trajectory

JPL SBDB osculating elements · two-body approximation

Attitude

Illustrative; not a predicted pole orientation

Rotation

Complex tumbling; displayed attitude is illustrative

Explore Toutatis in 3D

Cosmoscope places Toutatis in the Solar System using astronomical ephemeris or orbital elements, updated for the simulation time. Explore its calculated motion, distance and orbital facts in the interactive 3D view. Accuracy depends on the orbital model and its valid time range.