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|colspan="2" align="center"|<center>'''Sycorax from ''uranus.zip'' in Orbiter 2002'''</center>
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|12179000000 m
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|159.4025882° <br> (2.7821 radian)
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|152.3520235° <br> (2.65904443232316 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|260.856225° <br> (4.5528 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|256.5313339° <br> (4.47731641071649 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|280.7378605° <br> (4.8998 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|272.4984399° <br> (4.75599498348271 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|91.00861618° <br> (1.5884 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|429.7268781° <br> (7.50014890699756 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|2.9255
 
|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|2.9255
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Sycorax.cfg (uranus.zip)
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/uranus-minor-moons.1765/ Uranus Minor Moons]||O-F Resources||2004-12-14||Nighthawke||Scenery||14 December 2004||||
 
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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||||
 
|[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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Sycorax-uranuszip.jpg|<center>Sycorax from ''uranus.zip'' in Orbiter 2002</center>
 
Sycorax-uranuszip.jpg|<center>Sycorax from ''uranus.zip'' in Orbiter 2002</center>
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Sycorax-UranusMoonszip-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>Sycorax from ''UranusMoons.zip'' in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
 
Sycorax discovery full.jpg|<center>Discovery image of Sycorax, the circled object upper right,<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
Sycorax discovery full.jpg|<center>Discovery image of Sycorax, the circled object upper right,<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
Animation of Sycorax orbit around Uranus.gif|<center>Animation of the orbits of [[Caliban]], [[Francisco]], [[Stephano]], '''Sycorax''', and [[Trinculo]],<br>from Wikimedia Commons.</center>
 
Animation of Sycorax orbit around Uranus.gif|<center>Animation of the orbits of [[Caliban]], [[Francisco]], [[Stephano]], '''Sycorax''', and [[Trinculo]],<br>from Wikimedia Commons.</center>

Revision as of 12:02, 15 September 2024

Sycorax
Sycorax-UranusMoonszip-Orbiter2003P2.jpg
Sycorax from UranusMoons.zip in Orbiter 2003P2
Designation
Name Sycorax
Reference body Uranus
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2006
Semimajor axis (a) 12161972568.3187 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.516435537202642
Inclination (i) 152.3520235°
(2.65904443232316 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 256.5313339°
(4.47731641071649 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 272.4984399°
(4.75599498348271 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 429.7268781°
(7.50014890699756 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 94890 m
Mass 1.398×1017 kg
SidRotPeriod 110887488 (3.52 years)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliquity 1.4346
LAN 2.9255
Note *Elements given are from Sycorax.cfg (UranusMoons.zip)

Sycorax (Uranus XVII, S/1997 U 2) is one of the outer retrograde irregular satellites of Uranus and the largest of the irregulars. It was discovered at the Hale Telescope on 6 September 1997. It is named after the mother of Caliban in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Sycorax in Orbiter

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

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Sycorax
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Uranus Minor Moons O-F Resources 2004-12-14 Nighthawke Scenery 14 December 2004
Uranus AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 5 November 2002
  • Sycorax from uranus.zip in Orbiter 2002
  • Sycorax from UranusMoons.zip in Orbiter 2003P2
  • Discovery image of Sycorax, the circled object upper right,
    from Wikimedia Commons
  • Animation of the orbits of Caliban, Francisco, Stephano, Sycorax, and Trinculo,
    from Wikimedia Commons.
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S/2023 U 1

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