Editing Amalthea

{{Nsat-Stub}}

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin:25px 0 0 10px; border:3px solid lightsteelblue;width:250px; font-size:90%; font-family:'Arial','Helvetica'; float: right; clear: right;"Template in Orbiter"
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Amalthea
|-
|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Amalthea-jupiterizip.jpg|240px]]
|-
|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Amalthea from jupiter_i.zip in Orbiter 2002'''
|-
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
|-
|Name||align="right"|Amalthea
|-
|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|[[Jupiter]]
|-
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
|-
|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|1976.606435
|-
|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|181300000 m
|-
|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0003
|-
|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|0.4° <br> (0.0069813 radian)
|-
|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|112.3003008° <br> (1.96001 radian)
|-
|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|60.00014031° <br> (1.0472 radian)
|-
|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|36.90421158° <br> (0.6441 radian)
|-
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
|-
|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|101000 m
|-
|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|7.17×10<sup>18</sup> kg
|-
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
|-
|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|43042.7 seconds (11.9563 hours)
|-
|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
|-
|width="30%"|Obliqutiy||align="right" width="30%"|0
|-
|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|0
|-
|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Amalthea.cfg (jupiter_i.zip)
|}


'''Amalthea (Jupiter V)''' is an inner irregular [[natural satellites|moon]] of [[Jupiter]], measuring 250 km across and is noted for its red color. Amalthea was discovered by [[w:Edward Emerson Barnard|E E Bernard]] on 9 September 1892, named after a nymph in Greek mythology. This was the last moon to be discovered by direct observation. All others after were discovered photographically or digital imaging.

== Amalthea in Orbiter ==
Amalthea was introduced to [[Orbiter]] with the add-on ''jupiter_i.zip'' released in October 2002.

{|class="wikitable sortable” style="text-align: center"
|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Amalthea'''</center>
|-
!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
|-
|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=outerplanets-050125.zip&Author=&CatID=root The Outer Planets 050125]||AVSIM||050125||Rolf Keibel<br>Tony Dunn||Scenery||26 January 2005||Orbiter 2005-P1||
|-
|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=jupiter_i.zip&Author=&CatID=root Jupiter I]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||25 October 2002||||
|}

== See also ==
[[w:Amalthea (moon)|Amalthea]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Amalthea-jupiterizip.jpg|<center>Amalthea from ''jupiter_i.zip'' in Orbiter 2002</center>
Amalthea-outerplanets050125zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Amalthea from ''outerplanets-050125.zip'' in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
Amalthea (moon).png|<center>Amalthea as seen by [[w:|Voyager 1|Voyager 1]] on 5 March 1979,<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
</gallery>

{{JupiterSat}}
{{SolarSystem}}

[[Category: Articles]]
[[Category: Celestial bodies]]
[[Category:Solar System]]
[[Category: Natural satellites]]
[[Category: Satellites of Jupiter]]