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Phoebe is a natural satellite of [[Saturn]].
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Phoebe
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Phoebe-SaturnMoonszip-Orbiter2016D3D9.jpg|240px]]
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Phoebe from ''Saturn Moons.zip'' in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9'''
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
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|Name||align="right"|Phoebe
 
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|[[Saturn]]
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
 
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|2014.39014373717
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|12995759988.095 m
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0000156144511577606
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0151781240198135° <br> (0.000264908238421783 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|208.626701831817° <br> (3.6412228545417 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|104.242486953736° <br> (1.81937461780992 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|108.701283931732° <br> (1.89719530575393 radian)
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|3000 km
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|7.8×10<sup>15</sup> kg
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|65657.58530145804 seconds (18.2382 hours)
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy||align="right" width="30%"|1.09044646015132
 
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|5.24385919090949
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Phoebe.cfg (Saturn Moons.zip)
 
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'''Phoebe (Saturn IX)''' is a retrograde irregular satellite of [[Saturn]] and is the most massive irregular satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by [[w:William Henry Pickering|William Henry Pickering]] on 18 March 1899, and was the first satellite discovered photographically.
 
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Phoebe is named after a [[w:Titans|Titaness]] in [[w:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]].
 
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It is responsible for the Phoebe [[w:Rings of Saturn|Phoebe ring]] of Saturn.
 
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== Phoebe in Orbiter ==
 
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Phoebe was introduced to Orbiter with the release of ''outerplanets-050125.zip'' in January 2005.
 
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Mimas'''</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/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/celestial-bodies-motion-part-1-4-v2-0-0.132/ Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 1/4 - 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/saturn-moons.3813/ Saturn Moons]||O-F Resources||2014-09-21||T1234||Scenery||21 September 2014||||
 
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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 ==
 
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[[w:Phoebe (moon)|Phoebe]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
 
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== Gallery ==
 
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<gallery widths="100" heights="100">
 
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Phoebe-outerplanets050125zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Phoebe from ''outerplanets-050125.zip'' in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
 
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Phoebe-outerplanets060929basezip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>Phoebe from ''outer_planets-060929-base.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
 
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Phoebe-SaturnMoonszip-Orbiter2016D3D9.jpg|<center>Phoebe from ''Saturn Moons.zip'' in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9</center>
 
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Phoebe cassini full.jpg|<center>Phoebe as imaged by the [[w:Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]] probe in June 2004<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
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Animation of Phoebe orbit around Saturn.gif|<center>Animation of Phoebe's orbit (blue=Saturn, cyan=Titan, magenta=Phoebe)<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
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