Editing Megaclite

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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Megaclite
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Megaclite-outerplanets050125zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Megaclite from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1'''
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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%"|2005.41409993155
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|23573859889.6518 m
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.364622691074446
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|148.08381946034° <br> (2.58455021851178 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|312.34836591557° <br> (5.45150739845072 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%"|630.972513956007° <br> (11.0125478581182 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 (2.061 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 (outerplanets-050125.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=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-Jewitt-CFHT-annotated.gif|<center>Animation of Megaclite images by David Hewitt in December 2001</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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