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#REDIRECT [[Praxidike]]
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Megaclite
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Megaclite-outerplanets060929basezip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|240px]]
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Megaclite from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1'''
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
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|Name||align="right"|Megaclite
 
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Jupiter
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
 
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|2006.64779710751
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|22960433014.3103 m
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.461974819877206
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|144.60552403088° <br> (2.52384251091063 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|322.887502362581° <br> (5.635450029768 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|628.602266539543° <br> (10.971179236614 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|654.955305161025° <br> (11.4311265284641 radian)
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|2690 m
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|3.998×10<sup>15</sup> kg
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|65043648 sec (2.0611 years)
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Obliquity||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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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 Megaclite.cfg (outer_planets-060929-base.zip)
 
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'''Megaclite (Jupiter XIX S/2000 J 8)''' is a retrograde irregular satellite of [[Jupiter]]. Discovered by [[w:Scott S. Sheppard|Scott Sheppard]] and his team on 25 November 2000 at the [[w:Mauna Kea Observatory|Mauna Kea Observatory]], it was named after [[w:Megaclite|Megaclite]], mother of [[w:Thebe|Thebe]] and [[w:Locrus|Locrus]].
 
 
 
== Megaclite in Orbiter ==
 
Megaclite was introduced to [[Orbiter]] by the add-on ''outerplanets-050125.zip'' in January 2005.
 
 
 
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Megaclite'''</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=outer_planets-060929-base.zip&Author=&CatID=root The Outer Planets 060929 Base]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel<br>Carl Romanik<br>Tony Dunn||Scenery||30 September 2006||Orbiter 2006-P1||
 
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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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== See also ==
 
[[w:Megaclite|Megaclite]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
 
 
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
 
Megaclite-outerplanets050125zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Megaclite from ''outerplanets-050125.zip'' in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
 
Megaclite-outerplanets060929basezip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>Megaclite from ''outerplanets-060929-base.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
 
Megaclite-Jewitt-CFHT-annotated.gif|<center>Animation of Megaclite images by David Hewitt in December 2001<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
Animation of Megaclite around Jupiter - Polar view.gif|<center>Animation of the orbit of Megaclite, polar view<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
Animation of Megaclite around Jupiter - Equatorial view.gif|<center>Animation of the orbit of Megaclite, equatorial view<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
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[[Category:Celestial bodies]]
 
[[Category:Solar System]]
 
[[Category:Natural satellites]]
 
[[Category:Satellites of Jupiter]]
 
 
 
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