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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Puck
 
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Puck
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:TitaniaOrbiter2016.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Puck-uranuszip.jpg|240px]]
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|<center>'''Titania in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9'''</center>
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|colspan="2" align="center"|<center>'''Puck from ''uranus.zip'' in Orbiter 2002'''</center>
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
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|Name||align="right"|Titania
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|Name||align="right"|Puck
 
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Uranus
 
|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Uranus
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
 
!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%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|1979.999
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|436150000 m
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|86010000 m
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0013
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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%"|97.88697451° <br> (1.706565 radian)
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0286478898° <br> (0.0005 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|167.7349988° <br> (2.925469 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|268.7343947° <br> (4.6903 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|8.846009991° <br> (1.125598 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|85.82334813° <br> (1.4979 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|261.319003° <br> (4.890308 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|331.6222422° <br> (5.7879 radian)
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|788.9 km
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|77180 m
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|3.49×10<sup>21</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|9.766×10<sup>16</sup> kg
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Titania.cfg (2016)
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|53913.6 (14.976 hours)
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
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|width="30%"|Obliquity||align="right" width="30%"|1.4346
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|2.9255
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Puck.cfg (uranus.zip)
 
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'''Titania''' is the largest [[natural satellite]] of [[Uranus]]. Titania was discovered on January 11, 1787 by [[w:William Herschel|William Herschel]].
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'''Puck (Uranus XV, S/1985 U 1)''' is the sixth largest [[Natural satellites|moon]] of [[Uranus]] and its orbit lies between Uranus' rings and [[Miranda]]. It was discovered by the [[w:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]] spacecraft on 30 December 1985. The name comes from a character from [[w:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] [[w:A Midsummer Night's Dream|A Midsummer Night's Dream]].
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The name '''Titania''' and the names of all four satellites of [[Uranus]] then known were suggested by [[w:William Herschel|William Herschel's]] son [[w:John Herschel|John Herschel]] in 1852 at the request of [[w:William Lassell|William Lassell]], who had discovered [[Ariel]] and [[Umbriel]] the year before. Lassell had earlier endorsed Herschel's 1847 naming scheme for the seven then-known satellites of [[Saturn]] and had named his newly-discovered eighth satellite [[Hyperion]] in accordance with Herschel's naming scheme in 1848.
 
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All of the moons of Uranus are named for characters from [[w:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] or [[w:Alexander Pope|Alexander Pope]]. '''Titania''' was named after Titania, the [[w:Titania (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Queen of the Faeries]] in [[w:A Midsummer Night's Dream|A Midsummer Night's Dream]].
 
  
 
== Titania in Orbiter ==
 
== Titania in Orbiter ==
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Titania was first introduced in Orbiter with the add-on uranus-neptune-moons.zip in October 2002.
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Puck was first introduced into Orbiter with the add-on ''uranus.zip'' in November 2002.
  
 
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Titania'''</center>
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Puck'''</center>
 
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
 
!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
 
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||[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=uranus-neptune-moons.zip&Author=&CatID=root Uranus / Neptune Moons Addon]||AVSIM||||Robert Stettner (Foxtrot)||Scenery||12 October 2002||||
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=uranus.zip&Author=&CatID=root Uranus]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||5 November 2002||||
 
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Titania021012.jpg|<center>Titania from uranus-neptune-moons.zip in Orbiter 2002</center>
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Puck-uranuszip.jpg|<center>Puck from ''uranus.zip'' in Orbiter 2002</center>
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Titania (moon) color, cropped.jpg|<center>Titania as seen by [[w:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]] in 1986</center>
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Puck.png|<center>Puck as seen by [[w:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]] in Orbiter 2002</center>
 
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Revision as of 12:21, 9 August 2024

Puck
Puck-uranuszip.jpg
Puck from uranus.zip in Orbiter 2002
Designation
Name Puck
Reference body Uranus
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 1979.999
Semimajor axis (a) 86010000 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.0001
Inclination (i) 0.0286478898°
(0.0005 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 268.7343947°
(4.6903 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 85.82334813°
(1.4979 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 331.6222422°
(5.7879 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 77180 m
Mass 9.766×1016 kg
SidRotPeriod 53913.6 (14.976 hours)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliquity 1.4346
LAN 2.9255
Note *Elements given are from Puck.cfg (uranus.zip)

Puck (Uranus XV, S/1985 U 1) is the sixth largest moon of Uranus and its orbit lies between Uranus' rings and Miranda. It was discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft on 30 December 1985. The name comes from a character from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Titania in Orbiter

Puck was first introduced into Orbiter with the add-on uranus.zip in November 2002.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Puck
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Uranus AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 5 November 2002
  • Puck from uranus.zip in Orbiter 2002
  • Puck as seen by Voyager 2 in Orbiter 2002
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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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