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Pan is a natural satellite of [[Saturn]].
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Pan
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Pan-isaturnzip.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Pan from isaturn.zip in Orbiter 2002'''
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|Pan
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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%"|1999.0
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|133600000 m
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0001
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|0° <br> (0 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|0° <br> (0 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|140.3230936° <br> (2.4491 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|240.4933049° <br> (4.1974 radian)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|9960 m
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|1.2×10<sup>15</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Pan.cfg (isaturn.zip)
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Pan is the innermost [[Natural satellite|moon]] of [[Saturn]]. It orbits inside of the [[w:Rings of Saturn#Encke Gap|Encke Gap]] in Saturn's [[w:Rings of Saturn#A Ring]] acting as a shepherd keeping the Encke Gap clear. Pan was imaged by [[w:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]] during its flyby of Saturn in 1981. Pan was predicted by Jeffrey N Cuzzi and Jeffrey D Scargle in 1985 based on the characteristics of the gap, then was found in a number of images.
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== Pan in Orbiter ==
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Pan was introduced to Orbiter with the release of ''isaturn.zip'' in 2002.
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Pan'''</center>
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=isaturn.zip&Author=&CatID=root Inner Moons of Saturn]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||15 October 2002||||
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== See also ==
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[[w:Pan (moon)|Pan]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
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== Gallery ==
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Pan-isaturnzip.jpg|<center>Pan from ''isaturn.zip'' in Orbiter 2002</center>
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Pan color PIA21449.png|<center>Pan as seen by [[w:Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]] on 7 March 2017</center>
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Revision as of 11:26, 4 August 2024

Pan
Pan-isaturnzip.jpg
Pan from isaturn.zip in Orbiter 2002
Designation
Name Pan
Reference body Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 1999.0
Semimajor axis (a) 133600000 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.0001
Inclination (i) 0°
(0 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 0°
(0 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 140.3230936°
(2.4491 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 240.4933049°
(4.1974 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 9960 m
Mass 1.2×1015 kg
Note *Elements given are from Pan.cfg (isaturn.zip)

Pan is the innermost moon of Saturn. It orbits inside of the Encke Gap in Saturn's w:Rings of Saturn#A Ring acting as a shepherd keeping the Encke Gap clear. Pan was imaged by Voyager 2 during its flyby of Saturn in 1981. Pan was predicted by Jeffrey N Cuzzi and Jeffrey D Scargle in 1985 based on the characteristics of the gap, then was found in a number of images.

Pan in Orbiter

Pan was introduced to Orbiter with the release of isaturn.zip in 2002.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Pan
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Inner Moons of Saturn AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 15 October 2002

See also

Pan at Wikipedia

Gallery

  • Pan from isaturn.zip in Orbiter 2002
  • Pan as seen by Cassini on 7 March 2017
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