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Triton is the largest moon of [[Neptune]]
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Triton
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:TritonOrbiter2016.jpg|240px]]
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Triton in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client'''
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
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|Name||align="right"|Triton
 
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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%"|354765668.747018 m
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0000177503155008841
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|129.9699061° <br> (2.26840278949087 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|217.2530657° <br> (3.79178130672011 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|521.6797862° <br> (9.10502991096084 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|829.2581612° <br> (14.4732852612641 radian)
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|1352500 m
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|2.14×10<sup>22</sup> kg
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|507759.84 (141.0444 hours)
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Obliquity||align="right" width="30%"|0.51452
 
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|2.29898
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Triton.cfg (Orbiter 2005P1)
 
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Triton is the largest moon of [[Neptune]] and the seventh largest moon in the [[Solar System]].It the only moon of Neptune that has reached hydrostatic equilibrium and it has a thin atmosphere. Triton's orbit is retrograde.
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see also: Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_%28moon%29]
  
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Triton was discovered by [[w:William Lassell|William Lassell]] on 10 October 1846, just 17 days after Neptune was discovered.
 
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== Triton in Orbiter ==
 
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Triton was introduced to Orbiter with the add-on uranus-neptune-moons.zip in October 2002. In April 2003 Rolf Keibel released triton.zip with two different atmospheres as options.
 
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Io'''</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/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://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=triton.zip&Author=&CatID=root Triton]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||25 April 2003||||
 
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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://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=uranus-neptune-moons.zip&Author=&CatID=root Uranus / Neptune Moons Addon]||AVSIM||||Robert Stettner (Foxtrot)||Scenery||12 October 2002||||
 
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== See also ==
 
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[[w:Triton (moon)|Triton]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
 
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<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
 
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Triton021012.jpg|<center>Triton in uranus-neptune-moons.zip</center>
 
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Triton-orbiter2002p3.jpg|<center>Triton in Orbiter 2002P3</center>
 
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Triton-Tritonzip.jpg|<center>Triton in Orbiter 2002P3 from ''triton.zip''</center>
 
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Triton-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>Triton in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
 
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Triton-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Triton in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
 
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Triton-usgs23-with-frame.jpg|<center>Triton as seen by [[w:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]]</center>
 
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</gallery>
 
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{{NeptuneSat}}
 
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