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Iapetus
Iapetus.jpg
Iapetus in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name Iapetus
Reference body Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2005.41409993155
Semimajor axis (a) 3563513670.80278 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.0274067153032204
Inclination (i) 17.25375588°
(0.301134848386533 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 139.3182554°
(2.43156226496383 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 369.2974058°
(6.44545565088942 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 551.098555°
(9.61848428770356 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 730000 km
Mass 1.6×1022 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 6835072.8 seconds (1898.631 hours or 79.1 days)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliqutiy 0.4895
LAN 6.09808
Note *Elements given are from Iapetus.cfg (outerplanets-050329)

Iapetus is the third largest moon of Saturn, the eleventh largest moon of the Solar System, and is the outermost of the large moons orbiting Saturn. Iapetus was discovered on 25 October 1671 by w:Giovanni Domenico Cassini. Iapetus is tidally locked to Saturn in that the same side is always facing Saturn, and it is unusual in that the leading hemisphere is dark and the trailing hemisphere is light.

Iapetus in Orbiter

Iapetus was introduced to Orbiter with The Outer Planets-050125 add-on in 2005, compatible with Orbiter 2005, then two updates by the same authors. Later, it was incorporated into Orbiter with the new release in 2006, bringing the moon count of Saturn up to eight.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Iapetus as a body.

Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Orbiter core package download
(The actual download page for Orbiter 2016)		 Orbiter download page Orbiter 2016 martins Orbiter download 2 May 2016 Orbiter 2016
Celestial Bodies Motion - v2.0.1 - UPDATE for Saturn's moons O-F Resources v2.0.1 cristiapi Scenery 29 July 2015
Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 1/4 - v2.0.0 O-F Resources v2.0.0 cristiapi Scenery 2 July 2015
Orbiter 2010-P1 O-F Resources 100830 martins Orbiter Download 30 August 2010 Orbiter 2010-P1
Orbiter 2010 O-F Resources 100606 martins Orbiter Download 5 June 2010 Orbiter 2010
Orbiter 2006-P1 O-F Resources 060929 martins Orbiter Download 29 September 2006 Orbiter 2006-P1
Orbiter 2006 O-F Resources 060504 martins Orbiter Download 4 May 2006 Orbiter 2006
The Outer Planets 050329 Update O-F Resources 050329 VF2_Rolf Scenery 29 March 2005
The Outer Planets 050329 Update O-F Resources 050329 VF2_Rolf Scenery 29 March 2005
2005 (with P1 patch files) O-F Resources 050216 martins Orbiter Download 16 February 2005 Orbiter 2005
The Outer Planets 050125 AVSIM 050125 Rolf Keibel
Tony Dunn		 Scenery 26 January 2005 Orbiter 2005-P1

See also

Iapetus at Wikipedia

Saturn's natural satellites

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