Tuesday 4 November 2014

(21) Lutetia, resources distribution networks

(21) Lutetia is a main belt asteroid discovered in November of 1852.

It has a perihelion of 2.03 AU and an aphelion of 2.83 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.43 AU. It has an orbital period of 3 years and 292 days. It has an inclination of   3.0º. It has a diameter of about 100 km.


It was observed by the spacecraft Rosetta in July of 2010.

Orbital resonance:
5:19 with Earth-Moon (99.9%)


Lutetia was the Latin name of the city that stood where Paris was later built. An aqueduct, 26 km in length, with a flow rate estimated at 2000 cubic meters a day, provided the city with spring water collected from several points.


(21) Lutetia is related with the distribution networks of water, gas, electricity and lighting, along the city and in the interior of a private house.


The importation, distribution and transportation of resources, can be very complex, according to the stages of modification of raw materials, manufacturing, packaging, acquisition at the points of sale and storage in private house; followed by the selective collection of trash and rubbish.