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| + | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Himalia | ||
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| + | |colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Himalia-jupiteriiizip.jpg|240px]] | ||
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| + | |colspan="2" align="center"|'''Himalia from jupiter_iii.zip in Orbiter 2002''' | ||
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| + | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation | ||
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| + | |Name||align="right"|Himalia | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|[[Jupiter]] | ||
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| + | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|1976.606435 | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|11461000000 m | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.1623 | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|27.496° <br> (0.47989573 radian) | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|57.24501545° <br> (0.999114 radian) | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|264.6950422° <br> (4.6198 radian) | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|198.3522591° <br> (3.4619 radian) | ||
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| + | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|12500 m | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|1.91×10<sup>16</sup> kg | ||
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| + | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|21648384 seconds (250.56 days) | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0.007 | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Obliqutiy||align="right" width="30%"|0 | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|0 | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Himalia.cfg (jupiter_ii.zip) | ||
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| + | '''Himalia (Jupiter VI)''' is the is the largest irregular [[Natural satellites|stellite]] and the sixth largest satellite of [[Jupiter]]. It was discovered by [[w:Charles Dillon Perrine|Charles Dillon Perrine]] at the [[w:Lick Observatory|Lick Observatory]] on 3 December 1904. Himalia was named after a nymph in Greek mythology who bore three sons by [[w:Zeus|Zeus]]. | ||
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| + | == Himalia in Orbiter == | ||
| + | Himalia was introduced to Orbiter with the release of ''jupiter-iii.zip'' in October 2002. | ||
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| + | |colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Himalia'''</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=jupiter_iii.zip&Author=&CatID=root Jupiter III]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||28 October 2002|||| | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | [[w:Himalia (moon)|Himalia]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] | ||
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| + | == Gallery == | ||
| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | Himalia-jupiteriiizip.jpg|<center>Himalia from ''jupiter_iii.zip'' in Orbiter 2002</center> | ||
| + | Himalia - New Horizons.png|<center>Himalia showing changes in phase as seen by the [[w:New Horizons|New Horizons]] spacecraft on 6 March 2007 during the slingshot flyby past [[Jupiter]].</center> | ||
| + | Animation of Himalia orbit around Jupiter.gif|<center>Animation of Himalia's orbit over time due to perturbations,<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center> | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
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| + | {{JupiterSat}} | ||
| + | {{SolarSystem}} | ||
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Himalia (Jupiter VI) is the is the largest irregular stellite and the sixth largest satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory on 3 December 1904. Himalia was named after a nymph in Greek mythology who bore three sons by Zeus. Himalia in OrbiterHimalia was introduced to Orbiter with the release of jupiter-iii.zip in October 2002.
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