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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Metis
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Metis-jupiteriizip.jpg|240px]]
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Metis from jupiter_ii.zip in Orbiter 2002'''
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
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|Name||align="right"|Metis
 
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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%"|1976.606435
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|128100000 m
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0012
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|0.019° <br> (0.000331612 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|146.9115353° <br> (2.56409 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|6° <br> (0.1047 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|72° <br> (1.2566 radian)
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|19500 m
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|9.56×10<sup>16</sup> kg
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|25488 seconds (7.08 hours)
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy||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 Metis.cfg (jupiter_ii.zip)
 
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'''Metis (Jupiter XVI, S/1979 J 3)''' is the innermost known [[Natural satellites|moon]] of Jupiter, discovered by [[w:Stephen P. Synnott|Stephen P Synnott]] from images by [[w:Voyager 1|Voyager 1]] in 1979. It was named after [[w:Metis (mythology)|Metis]] the first wife of [[w:Zeus|Zeus]] in Greek mythology.
 
 
 
== Metis in Orbiter ==
 
Metis was first introduced to [[Orbiter]] with the release of ''jupiter_ii.zip'' in October 2002.
 
 
 
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Metis'''</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=jupiter_ii.zip&Author=&CatID=root Jupiter II]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||26 October 2002||||
 
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== See also ==
 
[[w:Metis (moon)|Metis]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
 
 
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
Metis ontdekking.gif|<center>Discovery image by [[w:Voyager 1|Voyager 1]] on 4 March 1979,<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
Metis.jpg|<center>Metis as seen by the [[w:Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]] spacecraft.</center>
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
[[Category:Articles]]
 
[[Category:Celestial bodies]]
 
[[Category:Solar System]]
 
[[Category:Natural satellites]]
 
[[Category:Satellites of Jupiter]]
 
 
 
{{JupiterSat}}
 
{{SolarSystem}}
 

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