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[[Image:oberon.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Voyager 2]] image of Oberon]]
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Oberon
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:OberonScrnshot.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Oberon in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client, with Uranus in the background'''
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|Oberon
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Uranus
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|2010
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|583390000 m
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0021
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|97.88697451° <br> (1.70845 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|167.7349988° <br> (2.927528 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|8.846009991° <br> (0.154392 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|261.319003° <br> (4.560877 radian)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|7614 km
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|3.03×10<sup>21</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Oberon.cfg (2016)
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''[[w:Oberon (moon)|Oberon]]'' is the second largest and second most massive [[natural satellite]] of [[Uranus]]. It was discovered on 11 January 1787 by [[w:William Herschel|William Herschel]], and was named after a character from William Shakespeare's ''[[w:A Midsummer Night's Dream|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''. It is one of the five satellites of Uranus discovered prior to the Voyager 2 encounter of January 1986.  
 
''[[w:Oberon (moon)|Oberon]]'' is the second largest and second most massive [[natural satellite]] of [[Uranus]]. It was discovered on 11 January 1787 by [[w:William Herschel|William Herschel]], and was named after a character from William Shakespeare's ''[[w:A Midsummer Night's Dream|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''. It is one of the five satellites of Uranus discovered prior to the Voyager 2 encounter of January 1986.  
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Oberon has a mean density of about 1.6 times that of water. From this, we can conclude that the satellite is mostly water ice, with a little bit of rock mixed in.
 
Oberon has a mean density of about 1.6 times that of water. From this, we can conclude that the satellite is mostly water ice, with a little bit of rock mixed in.
  
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Oberon is a satellite included in the Orbiter base installation. It has no bases on its surface.
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== Oberon in Orbiter ==
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|2=[[List of add-ons by Robert Stettner (Foxtrot)|Robert Stettner (Foxtrot)]]
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|1=[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=outerplanets-050125.zip&Author=&CatID=root The Outer Planets 050125]
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Oberon was first introduced to [[Orbiter]]
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[[Image:oberon.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[w:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]] image of Oberon]]
 
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[[Category:Natural satellites]]

Revision as of 12:05, 20 July 2024

Oberon
OberonScrnshot.jpg
Oberon in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client, with Uranus in the background
Designation
Name Oberon
Reference body Uranus
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2010
Semimajor axis (a) 583390000 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.0021
Inclination (i) 97.88697451°
(1.70845 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 167.7349988°
(2.927528 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 8.846009991°
(0.154392 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 261.319003°
(4.560877 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 7614 km
Mass 3.03×1021 kg
Note *Elements given are from Oberon.cfg (2016)

Oberon is the second largest and second most massive natural satellite of Uranus. It was discovered on 11 January 1787 by William Herschel, and was named after a character from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is one of the five satellites of Uranus discovered prior to the Voyager 2 encounter of January 1986.

Oberon has a radius of 761.4km. Its surface gravity is 0.349m/s^2, 0.036 that of Earth. A surface orbit has a speed of 515m/s, and the escape velocity is 729m/s. A surface orbit has a period of 9283s (about 2 hours 35 minutes).

Oberon's orbit about Uranus is almost perfectly circular and equatorial, and has a radius of 583400km. Its orbital period is 13.463 days. This is the outermost of the five major satellites.

Like all the satellites of Uranus, Oberon's axis is tilted 98° relative to the ecliptic plane. It is locked in synchronous rotation, like the Earth's moon. When Voyager flew past, Uranus and all its satellites were near their southern summer solstice, and in this case it means that only the southern hemispheres were visible. As a consequence, only the southern hemisphere of Oberon has been mapped in any detail.

Oberon has a mean density of about 1.6 times that of water. From this, we can conclude that the satellite is mostly water ice, with a little bit of rock mixed in.

Oberon in Orbiter

Project home: Uranus / Neptune Moons Addon
Author: Robert Stettner (Foxtrot)
Current version:
Compatibility:


Project home: The Outer Planets 050125
Author: Rolf Keibel, Tony Dunn
Current version: 050125
Compatibility: Orbiter 2005


Oberon was first introduced to Orbiter


Voyager 2 image of Oberon
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Uranus's natural satellites

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Named Satellites:

Ariel | Belinda | Bianca | Caliban | Cordelia | Cressida | Cupid | Desdemona | Ferdinand | Francisco | Juliet | Mab | Margaret | Miranda | Oberon | Ophelia | Perdita | Portia | Prospero | Puck | Rosalind | Setebos | Stephano | Sycorax | Titania | Trinculo | Umbriel

Numbered Satellites:

S/2023 U 1

See also: Pronunciation key | rings of Uranus
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