Editing Nix

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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Nix
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Nix-nhplutoenc150703-Orbiter2016D3D9.jpg|Nix|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Nix from ''Pluto and Moons.zip'' and ''New Horizons Pluto Encounter.zip'' in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9</center>
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|Nix
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|134340 Pluto
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|width="30%"|Number of satellites||align="right" width="30%"|
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|2002.88980151
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|48675632.9954863 m
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.00234038088321686
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|0.099795671104449° <br> (0.00174176304001 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|69.4638066817142° <br> (1.21237213756475 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|352.849909223032° <br> (6.15839268130502 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|259.989909223073° <br> (4.5376799379038 radian)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|39779.1249275208 m
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|2.90032702909292×10<sup>17</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|Sidereal rotation period||align="right" width="30%"|2286523.94967042336 sec (26.4644 days)
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
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|width="30%"|Obliquity||align="right" width="30%"|96.145° (1.67804680932995 radian)
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|43.046° (0.7512944298135 radian)
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Nix.cfg (PlutoandMoons.zip)
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Nix is a natural satellite of [[Pluto]]. It was discovered in images by the [[w:Hubble Space Telescope|Hubble Space Telescope]] in May 2005 and was named after [[w:Nyx|Nyx]], the goddess of the night in [[w:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]].

== Nix in Orbiter ==
Nix was introduced to Orbiter with the release of ''Nix-Hydra.zip'' in August 2009.

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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Nix'''</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/new-horizons-pluto-encounter.3045/ New Horizons Pluto Encounter]||O-F Resources||2015-07-09||BrianJ||Scenarios||9 July 2015||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/celestial-bodies-motion-part-2-4-v2-0-0.295/ Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 2/4 - v2.0.0]||O-F Resources||v2.0.0||cristiapi||Scenery||2 July 2015||*module only||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/pluto-and-moons.978/ Pluto and Moons]||O-F Resources||2010-05-13||Piper||Scenery||13 May 2010||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbital-correction-for-pluto-and-moons.1388/ Orbital correction for Pluto and moons]||O-F Resources||2009-11-25||Unknown OHM Addon Developer||Scenery||25 November 2009||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/pluto-minor-moons.2251/ Pluto Minor Moons]||O-F Resources||2009-08-21||DagoO||Scenery||22 August 2009||||
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== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="100" heights="100">
Nix-NixHydrazip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>Nix from ''Nix-Hydra.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1
Nix-PlutoandMoonsZip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>Nix from ''PlutoandMoons.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
Nix-nhplutoenc150703-Orbiter2016D3D9.jpg|<center>Nix from ''Pluto and Moons.zip'' and ''New Horizons Pluto Encounter.zip'' in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9</center>
Nix best view.jpg|<center>Image of Nix from the [[w:New Horizons|New Horizons]] spacecraft taken July 2015<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
Pluto and its satellites (2005).jpg|<center>Pluto and three satellites taken by [[w:Hubble Space Telescope|Hubble]]<br>from Wikimedia Commons in 2005</center>
Animation of moons of Pluto - Front view.gif|<center>Animation of the moons of Pluto (Pluto white, Charon blue, Styx green, Nix magenta, Kerberos cyan, Hydra red)<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
</gallery>

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