Metis

This natural satellite related article is a stub. You can help Orbiterwiki by expanding it. Metis Metis from Minor Moons Jupiter Saturn.zip in Orbiter 2010P1 Designation Name Metis Reference body Jupiter Planetary mean orbits Epoch 2014.39014373717 Semimajor axis (a) 129879784.2 m Eccentricity (e) 0.000105547511577606 Inclination (i) 0.0076446332209856° (0.000133424019813538 radian) Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 208.626701831817° (3.6412228545417 radian) Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 104.242486953736° (1.81937461780992 radian) Mean longitude (L) 108.701283931732° (1.89719530575393 radian) Selected physical parameters Mean radius 10000 m Mass 2.08×1016 kg Rotation elements SidRotPeriod 65657.58530145804 seconds (18.2382 hours) SidRotOffset 0 Obliqutiy 1.09044646015132 LAN 5.24385919090949 Note *Elements given are from Metis.cfg (Minor Moons Jupiter Saturn.zip) Metis (Jupiter XVI, S/1979 J 3) is the innermost known moon of Jupiter, discovered by Stephen P Synnott from images by Voyager 1 in 1979. It was named after Metis the first wife of Zeus in Greek mythology. Metis in Orbiter Metis was first introduced to Orbiter with the release of jupiter_ii.zip in October 2002. Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Metis Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article Minor moons Jupiter Saturn O-F Resources 2014-07-12 T1234 Scenery 12 July 2014 The Outer Planets 060929 Base AVSIM Rolf Keibel Carl Romanik Tony Dunn Scenery 30 September 2006 Orbiter 2006-P1 The Outer Planets 050329 Update AVSIM 050329 Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn Carl Romanik Scenery 30 March 2005 The Outer Planets 050223 Update O-F Resources 2005-02-23 VF2_Rolf Scenery 23 February 2005 The Outer Planets 050125 AVSIM 050125 Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn Scenery 26 January 2005 Orbiter 2005-P1 Jupiter II AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 26 October 2002 See also Metis at Wikipedia Gallery Metis from jupiter_ii.zip in Orbiter 2002 Metis from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1 Metis from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1 Metis from Minor Moons Jupiter Saturn.zip in Orbiter 2010P1 Discovery image by Voyager 1 on 4 March 1979, from Wikimedia Commons Metis as seen by the Galileo spacecraft from Wikimedia Commons Jupiter's natural satellites Named Satellites: Adrastea | Aitne | Amalthea | Ananke | Aoede | Arche | Autonoe | Callirrhoe | Callisto | Carme | Carpo | Chaldene | Cyllene | Dia | Eirene | Elara | Erinome | Ersa | Euanthe | Eukelade | Eupheme | Euporie | Europa | Eurydome | Ganymede | Harpalyke | Hegemone | Helike | Hermippe | Herse | Himalia | Io | Iocaste | Isonoe | Kale | Kallichore | Kalyke | Kore | Leda | Lysithea | Megaclite | Metis | Mneme | Orthosie | Pandia | Pasiphae | Pasithee | Philophrosyne | Praxidike | Sinope | Sponde | Taygete | Thebe | Thelxinoe | Themisto | Thyone | Valetudo Numbered Satellites: S/2003 J 2 | S/2003 J 4 | S/2003 J 9 | S/2003 J 10 | S/2003 J 12 | S/2003 J 16 | S/2003 J 18 | S/2003 J 19 | S/2003 J 23 | S/2003 J 24 |S/2010 J 1 | S/2010 J 2 | S/2011 J 1 | S/2011 J 2 S/2011 J 3 | S/2016 J 1 | S/2016 J 3 | S/2016 J 4 | S/2017 J 1 | S/2017 J 2 | S/2017 J 3 | S/2017 J 5 | S/2017 J 6 | S/2017 J 7 | S/2017 J 8 | S/2017 J 9 | S/2018 J 2 |S/2018 J 3 | S/2018 J 4 | S/2021 J 1 S/2021 J 2 | S/2021 J 3 | S/2021 J 4 | S/2021 J 5 | S/2021 J 6 | S/2022 J 1 | S/2022 J 2 | S/2022 J 3 The Solar System Central star Sun (Sol) Planets Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune Natural satellites Moon - Phobos - Deimos - Io - Europa - Ganymede - Titan - more... Add-ons Planets - Dwarf Planets - Small objects - Natural satellites - Alternative star systems