Editing Sao

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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Sao
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Sao-outerplanets050125zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|<center>'''Sao from ''outerplanets-050125.zip'' in Orbiter 2005P1'''</center>
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|Sao
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Neptune
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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%"|22144472939.455 m
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.142545271601391
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|52.8126169433761° <br> (0.921754052256456 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|61.6657684801267° <br> (1.07627069575075 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|126.486602002243° <br> (2.2076076645988 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|382.827705463031° <br> (6.68160392818497 radian)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|18110 m
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|1.928×10<sup>16</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|251775648 (7.978 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 S2002-N2.cfg (outerplanets-00125.zip)
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'''Sao (Neptune XI, S/2002 N 2)''' the prograde irregular [[Natural satellites|moons]] of [[Neptune]]. It was discovered by [[w:Matthew J. Holman|Matthew J Holman]] et al on 14 August 2002. It is named for one of the [[w:Nereids|Nereids]] in [[w:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]].

== Sao in Orbiter ==
Sao was released in the add-on ''uranus-neptune_ii.zip'' in March 2003.

In outerplanets-050125.zip, Sao was referred to  as S2002-N2. In order to use it as Sao, the following changes must be made.

*File:S2002_N2.cfg: 
**change the filename to Sao.cfg
**change the name in the comment line in the top line to ''Sao (S/2002-N2, Neptune)''
**line 3, change ''NAME ='' to Sao
**Last line, change the name of ''N2-Station ='' to Sao-station
*File:N2-Station.cfg
**change the filename to Sao-station.cfg
**Line 3, change the name to Sao-Station
*File:Neptune_S2002N2.scn
**change the filename to Neptune_S2002-N2.scn
**Line 2, change ''S2002-N2 Station'' to ''Sao Station''
**Find the GL-01 ship, change STATUS ''Landed S2002-N2'' to ''Landed Sao''
**Change BASE ''N2-Station:1'' to ''Sao-Station:1''

*File:S2002-N2.tex, change filename to Sao.tex

*File:S2002-N2M.BMP, change filename to SaoM.BMP

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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Sao'''</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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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=uranus-neptune_ii.zip&Author=&CatID=root Uranus-Neptune II]||AVSIM||||Rolf B Keibel||Scenery||6 March 2003||||
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== See also ==
[[w:Sao (moon)|Sao]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="100" heights="100">
Sao-uranusneptuneiizip.jpg|<center>Sao in Orbiter 2002P3 from uranus-neptune_ii.zip</center>
Sao-outerplanets050125zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Sao from ''outerplanets-050125.zip'' in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
Sao VLT-FORS1 2002-09-03 annotated.gif|<center>Animation of three images of Sao.</center>
</gallery>

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