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#REDIRECT [[20000 Varuna]]
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |28978 Ixion
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:28978Ixion-KuiperObjectsPackZip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|240px]]
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''28978 Ixion from ''Kuiper Objects Pack.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1'''
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
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|Name||align="right"|28978 Ixion
 
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|[[Sun]]
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
 
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|2005.71598173516
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|5914965169039 m
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.241252
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|19.6134° <br> (0.342318407512224 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|71.0268° <br> (1.239651517843398 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|110.499999998012° <br> (1.92858882341904 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|24.70671° <br> (0.431213436835408 radian)
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|880000 m
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|2.773×10<sup>17</sup> kg
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|86400 seconds (24 hours)
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy||align="right" width="30%"|0.535467015
 
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Ixion.cfg (Kuiper Objects Pack.zip)
 
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'''28978 Ixion (2001 KX<sub>76</sub>)''' is a large [[w:Kuiper Belt object|Kuiper Belt object]] and possibly a [[w:Dwarf planet|Dwarf planet]] and is also classified as a [[w:Plutino|plutino]], an object in a 3:2 resonance orbit with [[Neptune]]. It was discovered on 22 May 2001 by the [[w:Deep Ecliptic Survey|Deep Ecliptic Survey]] at the [[w:Cerro Tololo inter-American Observatory|Cerro Tololo Observatory]] in [[w:Chile|Chile]].
 
 
 
== 28978 Ixion in Orbiter ==
 
28978 Ixion is modeled as an 800 km body. It was introduced to Orbiter with the release of the add-on ''Kuiper Objects Pack.zip'' in August 2006.
 
 
 
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include 28978 Ixion'''</center>
 
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/kuiper-objects-pack.3841/ Kuiper Objects Pack]||O-F Resources||2006-08-10||markl316||Scenery||11 August 2006||||
 
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== See also ==
 
[[w:28978 Ixion|28978 Ixion]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
 
 
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery widths="100" heights="100">
 
28978Ixion-KuiperObjectsPackZip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>28978 Ixion from ''Kuiper Objects Pack.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
 
28978-ixion hst.jpg|<center>Ixion imaged by the [[w:Hubble Space Telescope|HST]] in February 2006<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
ESO asteroid 2001 KX76 phot-27a-01-normal.jpg|<center>Ixion imaged by the Wide Field Imager at the [[w:La Silla Observatory|La Silla Observatory]] in Chile in 2001<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
{{SolarSystem}}
 
 
 
[[Category:Articles|Ixion]]
 
[[Category:Celestial bodies|Ixion]]
 
[[Category:Solar System|Ixion]]
 
[[Category:Trans-Neptunian objects|Ixion]]
 

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