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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:SaturnScrshot.jpg|240px]]
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Saturn in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9'''
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Saturn in Orbiter'''
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
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|Name||align="right"|Saturn
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|width="30%"|Name||align="right" width="30%"|Saturn
 
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Sun
 
|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Sun
 
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|width="30%"|Number of satellites||align="right" width="30%"|
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|width="30%"|Number of satellites||align="right" width="30%"|79
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Physical parameters*
 
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|J2000 (1 January 2000)
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="50%"|5.685×10<sup>26</sup> kg
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|9.53707032 AU <br> (1.426725413×10<sup>12</sup> km)
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|width="30%"|Mean Radius||align="right" width="50%"|5.823×10<sup>7</sup> m
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.05415060
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|width="30%"|Gravitational moments||align="right" width="50%"|J<sub>2</sub>=0.0164
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|2.48446° <br> (0.0433620 radian)
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|width="30%"|Siderial day||align="right" width="30%"|3.386<sup>4</sup> s
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|113.71504° <br> (1.984702 radian)
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|width="30%"|Orbital period||align="right" width="30%"|9.367×10<sup>8</sup> s<br>(224.65 days retrograde)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|92.43194° <br> (1.613242 radian)
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|width="30%"|Obliquity of ecliptic||align="right" width="30%"|28.05°
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|49.94432° <br> (0.871693 radian)
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|width="30%"|Atmosphere||align="right" width="30%"|Yes
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary orbital element centennial rates
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Atmosphere*
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|-0.00301530 AU/Century
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|width="30%"|Atmosphere model||align="right" width="30%"|Generic
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="50%"|-0.00036762 Century<sup>-1</sup>
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|width="30%"|Surface Pressure||align="right" width="30%"|754.0 KPa
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|6.11 seconds/Century
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|width="30%"|Surface Density||align="right" width="30%"|0.7293 kg/m<sup>3</sup>
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|-1591.05 seconds/Century
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|width="30%"|Specific gas constant||align="right" width="30%"|174.92 J/(K kg)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|-1948.89 seconds/Century
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|width="30%"|Specific heat ratio||align="right" width="30%"|1.33
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|4401052.95 seconds/Century
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Osculating elements (ecliptic frame)*
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Semi-major axis||align="right" width="30%"|1.4342×10<sup>12</sup> m
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|58232.0±6 km
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity||align="right" width="30%"|0.057696
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|5.6846272×10<sup>26</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|Inclination||align="right" width="30%"| 2.49°
 
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|width="30%"|Density||align="right" width="30%"|0.6873 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Orbiter 2016
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|width="30%"|Sidereal rotation period||align="right" width="30%"|10.65622 hours
 
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|width="30%"|Sidereal orbit period||align="right" width="30%"|29.423519 years
 
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|width="30%"|Magnitude V(1,0)||align="right" width="30%"|-8.88
 
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|width="30%"|Geometric albedo||align="right" width="30%"|0.47
 
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|width="30%"|Equatorial gravity||align="right" width="30%"|8.96±0.01 m/s<sup>2</sup>
 
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|width="30%"|Escape velocity||align="right" width="30%"|35.5 km/s
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
 
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|width="30%"|North pole right ascension (α)||align="right" width="30%"|40.14°
 
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|width="30%"|North pole declination (δ)||align="right" width="30%"|83.5°
 
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy of ecliptic||align="right" width="30%"|28.05°
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of Sun's transit||align="right" width="30%"|349.39°
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Atmospheric parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Surface Pressure||align="right" width="30%"|>>10<sup>4</sup> kPa
 
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|width="30%"|Surface Density||align="right" width="30%"|~0.19 at 1 bar
 
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|width="30%"|Scale height||align="right" width="30%"|59.5
 
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|width="30%"|Average temperature||align="right" width="30%"|~97 <br> ~134 at 1 bar
 
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|width="30%"|Wind speeds||align="right" width="30%"|up to 400 at 30° latitude <br> up to 150 else
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Ecliptic position from primary*
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Orbiter.pdf (2016)
 
 
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Inside Saturn is probably a core of iron, nickel, silicon and oxygen compounds, surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, then a layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium and finally, an outer gaseous layer.
 
Inside Saturn is probably a core of iron, nickel, silicon and oxygen compounds, surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, then a layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium and finally, an outer gaseous layer.
  
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Saturn has 146 moons with formal designations. The largest moon is Titan, which is larger in volume than the planet Mercury. Titan is the second-largest moon in the Solar System. The largest moon is Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. There is also a very large system of rings around Saturn. These rings are made of ice with smaller amounts of rocks and dust. Some people believe that the rings were caused from a moon impact or other event. Saturn is about 1,400,000,000 km (869,000,000 mi) from the Sun. Saturn takes 29.6 Earth years to revolve around the Sun.
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Saturn has 79 known moons orbiting the planet; 53 are officially named. Which means that 26 are waiting to be officially named.[9] The largest moon is Titan, which is larger in volume than the planet Mercury. Titan is the second-largest moon in the Solar System. The largest moon is Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. There is also a very large system of rings around Saturn. These rings are made of ice with smaller amounts of rocks and dust. Some people believe that the rings were caused from a moon impact or other event. Saturn is about 1,400,000,000 km (869,000,000 mi) from the Sun. Saturn takes 29.6 Earth years to revolve around the Sun.
  
 
Saturn was named after the Roman god Saturnus (called Kronos in Greek mythology). Saturn's symbol is ♄ which is the symbol of Saturnus' sickle.
 
Saturn was named after the Roman god Saturnus (called Kronos in Greek mythology). Saturn's symbol is ♄ which is the symbol of Saturnus' sickle.
  
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== Saturn in Orbiter ==
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see also: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
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Saturn has been a part of Orbiter since the earliest version, Orbiter 2001, its orbit defined in the Saturn.cfg file. From Orbiter 2002 on, the orbit has been defined by the Vsop87.dll file.
 
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Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Saturn as a body.
 
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter version and add-ons which include Saturn'''</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/orbiter-2016-torrent-files.5427/ Orbiter 2016 - torrent files]||O-F Resources||2016||martins||Orbiter Download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2016-core-msi-exe-edition.5426/ Orbiter 2016 Core - MSI / EXE edition]||O-F Resources||2016||martins||Orbiter Download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2016-core-zip-edition.5425/ Orbiter 2016 Core - ZIP edition]||O-F Resources||2016||martins||Orbiter download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
 
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|[http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/download.html Orbiter core package download]<br>(The actual download page for Orbiter 2016)||Orbiter download page||Orbiter 2016||martins||Orbiter download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
 
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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/orbiter-2010-p1.5428/ Orbiter 2010-P1]||O-F Resources||100830||martins||Orbiter Download||30 August 2010||Orbiter 2010-P1||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2010.5429/ Orbiter 2010]||O-F Resources||100606||martins||Orbiter Download||5 June 2010||Orbiter 2010||
 
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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://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2006-p1.5430/ Orbiter 2006-P1]||O-F Resources||060929||martins||Orbiter Download||29 September 2006||Orbiter 2006-P1||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2006.5431/ Orbiter 2006]||O-F Resources||060504||martins||Orbiter Download||4 May 2006||Orbiter 2006||
 
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=outerplanets-050329_update.zip&Author=&CatID=root The Outer Planets 050329 Update]||AVSIM||050329||Rolf Keibel<br>Tony Dunn<br>Carl Romanik||Scenery||30 March 2005||||
 
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=outerplanets-050223_update.zip&Author=&CatID=root The Outer Planets 050223 Update]||AVSIM||050223||Rolf Keibel<br>Tony Dunn<br>Carol Romanik||Scenery||23 February 2005||||
 
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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://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/2005-with-p1-patch-files.5432/ 2005 (with P1 patch files)]||O-F Resources||050216||martins||Orbiter Download||16 February 2005||Orbiter 2005||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2003-p2.5433/ Orbiter 2003-P2]||O-F Resources||031217||martins||Orbiter Download||17 December 2003||Orbiter 2003-P2||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2003-p1.5434/ Orbiter 2003-P1]||O-F Resources||031105||martins||Orbiter Download||5 November 2003||Orbiter 2003-P1|
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2002.5436/ Orbiter 2002]||O-F Resources||020419||martins||Orbiter Download||19 April 2002||Orbiter 2002||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2001.5437/ Orbiter 2001]||O-F Resources||010503||martins||Orbiter Download||3 May 2001||Orbiter 2001||
 
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== See also ==
 
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[[w:Saturn|Saturn]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
 
  
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Go to [[:Category:Addons for Saturn|Addons for Saturn]]
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SaturnOrbiter2001.jpg|<center>Saturn in Orbiter 2001</center>
 
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SaturnOrbiter2002.jpg|<center>Saturn in Orbiter 2002</center>
 
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Saturn-orbiter2002p3.jpg|<center>Saturn in Orbiter 2002P3</center>
 
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Saturn-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>Saturn in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
 
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Saturn-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Saturn in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
 
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Saturn-outerplanets050125zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Saturn from ''outerplanets050125.zip'' in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
 
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Saturn-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>Saturn in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
 
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Saturn-Orbiter2010P1-Orbiter2010P1.jpg|<center>Saturn in Orbiter 2010P1</center>
 
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SaturnScrshot.jpg|<center>Saturn in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9</center>
 
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Saturnoppositions-animated.gif|<center>Animation of Saturn by combining 28 images of Saturn at opposition over one full orbit, simulated for 2001-2029</center>
 
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== References ==
 
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