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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Charon
 
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Charon
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Charon-nhplutoenc150703-Orbiter2016D3D9.jpg|Charon|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Charon-plutopackzip-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|Charon|240px]]
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Charon-nhplutoenc150703-Orbiter2016D3D9.jpg|<center>Pluto from ''Pluto and Moons.zip'' and ''New Horizons Pluto Encounter.zip'' in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9</center>'''
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Charon from ''pluto_pack.zip'' in Orbiter 2003P2'''
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
 
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
 
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|2002.88980151
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|J2000 (1 January 2000)
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|19571421.7074156 m
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|19 600 000 m
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0000373396813869476
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|0° <br> (0 radian)
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|99° <br> (1.72787596 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|219.363153172047° <br> (3.82860928040886 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|0° <br> (0 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|136.954° <br> (2.39029822377631 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|114.591559° <br> (2 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|34.9° <br> (0.60911990894602 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|0° <br> (0 radian)
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|606316.642534735 m
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|593000 m
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|1.51311205×10<sup>21</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|3.3×10<sup>21</sup> kg
 
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|width="30%"|Sidereal rotation period||align="right" width="30%"|551856.709233070848 sec (6.38723 hours)
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|width="30%"|Sidereal rotation period||align="right" width="30%"|-551858 sec (153.294 hours)
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|3.14159265358979324
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Obliquity||align="right" width="30%"|96.145° (1.67804680932995 radian)
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|width="30%"|Obliquity||align="right" width="30%"|0° (0 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|43.046° (0.7512944298135 radian)
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Charon.cfg (pluto_pack.zip)
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Charon.cfg (PlutoandMoons.zip)
 
 
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
 
!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/new-horizons-pluto-encounter.3045/ New Horizons Pluto Encounter]||O-F Resources||2015-07-09||BrianJ||Scenarios||9 July 2015||||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/celestial-bodies-motion-part-2-4-v2-0-0.295/ Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 2/4 - v2.0.0]||O-F Resources||v2.0.0||cristiapi||Scenery||2 July 2015||*config and module only||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/pluto-and-moons.978/ Pluto and Moons]||O-F Resources||2010-05-13||Piper||Scenery||13 May 2010||||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbital-correction-for-pluto-and-moons.1388/ Orbital correction for Pluto and moons]||O-F Resources||2009-11-25||Unknown OHM Addon Developer||Scenery||25 November 2009||||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/pluto.281/ Pluto]||O-F Resources||2006-11-13||Unknown OHM Addon Developer||Scenery||13 November 2006||||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/pluto-charon-v2-0.230/ Pluto-Charon v2.0]||O-F Resources||2005-05-09||Nighthawke||Scenery||10 May 2005||Orbiter 2005||
 
 
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=pluto_pack.zip&Author=&CatID=root Pluto Pack]||AVSIM||||CharlotMan||Scenery||17 July 2004||||
 
|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=pluto_pack.zip&Author=&CatID=root Pluto Pack]||AVSIM||||CharlotMan||Scenery||17 July 2004||||
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== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
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<gallery widths="100" heights="100">
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<gallery>
 
Charon-plutopackzip-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>Charon from ''pluto_pack.zip'' in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
 
Charon-plutopackzip-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>Charon from ''pluto_pack.zip'' in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
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Charon-PlutoCharonv20zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Charon from ''Pluto-Charon_v2.0.zip'' in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
 
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Charon-Plutozip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>Charon from ''Pluto.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
 
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Charon-PlutoandMoonsZip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>Charon from ''PlutoandMoons.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
 
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Charon-nhplutoenc150703-Orbiter2016D3D9.jpg|<center>Charon from ''Pluto and Moons.zip'' and ''New Horizons Pluto Encounter.zip'' in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9</center>
 
 
Charon in True Color - High-Res.jpg|<center>Charon imaged by [[w:New Horizons|New Horizons spacecraft]] in July 2015<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
Charon in True Color - High-Res.jpg|<center>Charon imaged by [[w:New Horizons|New Horizons spacecraft]] in July 2015<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
First Color Animated Images show Pluto and its Moon Charon.gif|<center>first color animation of the orbits of Pluto and Charon<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
First Color Animated Images show Pluto and its Moon Charon.gif|<center>first color animation of the orbits of Pluto and Charon<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
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Animation of moons of Pluto - Front view.gif|<center>Animation of the moons of Pluto (Pluto white, Charon blue, Styx green, Nix magenta, Kerberos cyan, Hydra red)<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
 
</gallery>
 
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{{SolarSystem}}
 
{{SolarSystem}}
  
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[[Category:Articles]]
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[[Category: Articles]]
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[[Category:Solar System]]
 
[[Category:Celestial bodies]]
 
[[Category:Celestial bodies]]
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[[Category:Solar System]]
 
 
[[Category:Natural satellites]]
 
[[Category:Natural satellites]]

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