Editing Galatea

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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Galatea
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Galatea-outerplanets050125zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|<center>'''Galatea from ''outerplanets-050125.zip'' in Orbiter 2005P1'''</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%"|2005.06195582047
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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%"|0.0012076168279815
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|28.57724377° <br> (0.498766994988895 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|48.89487443° <br> (0.853376546193522 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|286.2699638° <br> (4.99635341758577 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|581.0391168° <br> (10.1410456709809 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 (outerplanets-050125.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://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||
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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-outerplanets050125zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Galatea from ''outerplanets-050125.zip'' in Orbiter 2005P1
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>

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