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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Galatea
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Galatea-NeptuneMoonszip-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|240px]]
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|<center>'''Galatea from ''NeptuneMoons.zip'' in Orbiter 2003P2'''</center>
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
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|Name||align="right"|Galatea
 
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Neptune
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
 
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|2006
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|62006799.9385928 m
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.000841030096325
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|28.47161865° <br> (0.496923488772684 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|48.86862489° <br> (0.852918405312723 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|264.548803° <br> (4.61724764397879 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|266.2542169° <br> (4.647012731823 radian)
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|79100 m
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|5.955×10<sup>16</sup> kg
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|37065.6 (10.296 hours)
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Obliquity||align="right" width="30%"|0.5146
 
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|3.8594
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Galatea.cfg (NeptuneMoons.zip)
 
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'''Galatea (Neptune VI, S/1989 N 4)''' is one of the inner [[Natural satellites|moons]] of [[Neptune]]. It was discovered by [[w:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]] July 1989. It is named after [[w:Galatea|Galatea]], one of the Nereids, of [[w:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]].
 
 
 
== Galatea in Orbiter ==
 
Galatea was first introduced into Orbiter with the add-on ''neptune.zip'' in November 2002.
 
 
 
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Galatea'''</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/neptune-minor-moons.226/ Neptune Minor Moons]||O-F Resources||2004-12-14||Nighthawke||Scenery||14 December 2004||||
 
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=neptune.zip&Author=&CatID=root Neptune]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||7 November 2002||||
 
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<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
 
Galatea-neptunezip.jpg|<center>Galatea from ''neptune.zip'' in Orbiter 2002</center>
 
Galatea-NeptuneMoonszip-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>Galatea from ''NeptuneMoons.zip'' in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
 
Galatea feat.jpg|<center>Galatea imaged by [[w:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]] near on of the Neptune ring ars,<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
{{NeptuneSat}}
 
{{SolarSystem}}
 
 
 
[[Category:Articles]]
 
[[Category:Celestial bodies]]
 
[[Category:Solar System]]
 
[[Category:Natural satellites]]
 
[[Category:Satellites of Neptune]]
 
 
 
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