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Dione is a natural satellite of [[Saturn]].
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Dione
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:DioneScrnshot.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Diione in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client'''
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|Dione
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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%"|2005.41409993155
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|377653774.68302 m
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.00273184023667722
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|27.94971857° <br> (0.489579654469251 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|168.8079837° <br> (2.95959510683463 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|360.9692475° <br> (8.8707932193739 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|448.7342263° <br> (14.9544021900058 radian)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|5600 km
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|1.05×10<sup>21</sup> kg
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|236530 seconds (65.7 hours)
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy||align="right" width="30%"|0.4895
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|6.09808
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Dione.cfg (Orbiter 2005)
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'''Dione''' is the fourth-largest moon of [[Saturn]], discovered by [[w:Giovanni Domenico Cassini|Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] on 30 March 1684, but the name was applied by [[w:John Herschel|John Herschel]] in 1847, and that one stuck.
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== Dione in Orbiter ==
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Dione was introduced to Orbiter with the release of Orbiter 2002 on 19 April 2002, and has been a part since.
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|2=[[List of add-ons by Rolf Keibel|Rolf Keibel (VF2_Rolf)]]
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Rolf Keibel included Dione in his Moons of Saturn Part 3 add-on with a new texture
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Revision as of 17:37, 16 July 2024

Dione
DioneScrnshot.jpg
Diione in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name Dione
Reference body Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2005.41409993155
Semimajor axis (a) 377653774.68302 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.00273184023667722
Inclination (i) 27.94971857°
(0.489579654469251 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 168.8079837°
(2.95959510683463 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 360.9692475°
(8.8707932193739 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 448.7342263°
(14.9544021900058 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 5600 km
Mass 1.05×1021 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 236530 seconds (65.7 hours)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliqutiy 0.4895
LAN 6.09808
Note *Elements given are from Dione.cfg (Orbiter 2005)

Dione is the fourth-largest moon of Saturn, discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini on 30 March 1684, but the name was applied by John Herschel in 1847, and that one stuck.

Dione in Orbiter

Dione was introduced to Orbiter with the release of Orbiter 2002 on 19 April 2002, and has been a part since.

Project home: Moons of Saturn Part 3
Author: Rolf Keibel (VF2_Rolf)
Current version:
Compatibility: Orbiter 2002


Rolf Keibel included Dione in his Moons of Saturn Part 3 add-on with a new texture

Saturn's natural satellites

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Named Satellites::

Aegaeon | Aegir | Albiorix | Alvaldi | Angrboda | Anthe | Atlas | Bebhionn | Beli | Bergelmir | Bestla | Calypso | Daphnis | Dione | Eggther | Enceladus | Epimetheus | Erriapus | Farbauti | Fenrir | Fornjot | Geirrod | Gerd | Greip | Gridr | Gunnlod | Hati | Helene | Hyperion | Hyrrokkin | Iapetus | Ijiraq | Janus | Jarnsaxa | Kari | Kiviuq | Loge | Methone | Mimas | Mundilfari | Narvi | Paaliaq | Pallene | Pan | Pandora | Phoebe | Polydeuces | Prometheus | Rhea | Siarnaq | Skathi | Skoll | Skrymir | Surtur | Suttungr | Tarqeq | Tarvos | Telesto | Tethys | Thiazzi | Thrymr | Titan | Ymir

Numbered Satellites:

S/2004 S 7 | S/2004 S 12 | S/2004 S 13 | S/2004 S 17 | S/2004 S 21 | S/2004 S 24 | S/2004 S 26 | S/2004 S 28 | S/2004 S 29 | S/2004 S 31 | S/2004 S 34 | S/2004 S 36 | S/2004 S 37 | S/2004 S 39 | S/2004 S 40 | S/2004 S 41 | S/2004 S 42 | S/2004 S 43 | S/2004 S 44 | S/2004 S 45 | S/2004 S 46 | S/2004 S 47 | S/2004 S 48 | S/2004 S 49 | S/2004 S 50 | S/2004 S 51 | S/2004 S 52 | S/2004 S 53 | S/2005 S 4 | S/2005 S 5 | S/2006 S 1 | S/2006 S 3 | S/2006 S 9 | S/2006 S 10 | S/2006 S 11 | S/2006 S 12 | S/2006 S 13 | S/2006 S 14 | S/2006 S 15 | S/2006 S 16 | S/2006 S 17 | S/2006 S 18 | S/2006 S 19 | S/2006 S 20 | S/2007 S 2 | S/2007 S 3 | S/2007 S 5 | S/2007 S 6 | S/2007 S 8 | S/2007 S 9 | S/2009 S 1 | S/2019 S 1 | S/2019 S 2 | S/2019 S 3 | S/2019 S 4 | S/2019 S 5 | S/2019 S 6 | S/2019 S 7 | S/2019 S 8 | S/2019 S 9 | S/2019 S 10 | S/2019 S 11 | S/2019 S 12 | S/2019 S 13 | S/2019 S 14 | S/2019 S 15 | S/2019 S 16 | S/2019 S 17 | S/2019 S 18 | S/2019 S 19 | S/2019 S 20 | S/2019 S 21 | S/2020 S 1 | S/2020 S 2 | S/2020 S 3 | S/2020 S 4 | S/2020 S 5 | S/2020 S 6 | S/2020 S 7 | S/2020 S 8 | S/2020 S 9 | S/2020 S 10

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