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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|163106.1062 seconds (45.3 hours)
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|4.370713573
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy||align="right" width="30%"|0.01904221653
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy||align="right" width="30%"|0.4895
 
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|4.539459438
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|6.09808
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Tethys.cfg (Orbiter 2016)
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Tethys.cfg (Orbiter 2005P1)
 
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Tethys'''</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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|[http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/download.html Orbiter core package download]<br>(The actual download page for Orbiter 2016)||Orbiter download page||Orbiter 2016||martins||Orbiter download||2 May 2016||Orbiter 2016||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/celestial-bodies-motion-v2-0-1-update-for-saturns-moons.1705/ Celestial Bodies Motion - v2.0.1 - UPDATE for Saturn's moons]||O-F Resources||v2.0.1||cristiapi||Scenery||29 July 2015||||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/celestial-bodies-motion-part-1-4-v2-0-0.132/ Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 1/4 - v2.0.0]||O-F Resources||v2.0.0||cristiapi||Scenery||2 July 2015||||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2010-p1.5428/ Orbiter 2010-P1]||O-F Resources||100830||martins||Orbiter Download||30 August 2010||Orbiter 2010-P1||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2010.5429/ Orbiter 2010]||O-F Resources||100606||martins||Orbiter Download||5 June 2010||Orbiter 2010||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2006-p1.5430/ Orbiter 2006-P1]||O-F Resources||060929||martins||Orbiter Download||29 September 2006||Orbiter 2006-P1||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2006.5431/ Orbiter 2006]||O-F Resources||060504||martins||Orbiter Download||4 May 2006||Orbiter 2006||
 
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=outerplanets-050329_update.zip&Author=&CatID=root The Outer Planets 050329 Update]||AVSIM||050329||Rolf Keibel<br>Tony Dunn<br>Carl Romanik||Scenery||30 March 2005||||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/the-outer-planets-050329-update.854/ The Outer Planets 050329 Update]||O-F Resources||050329||VF2_Rolf||Scenery||29 March 2005||||
 
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/2005-with-p1-patch-files.5432/ 2005 (with P1 patch files)]||O-F Resources||050216||martins||Orbiter Download||16 February 2005||Orbiter 2005||
 
|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/2005-with-p1-patch-files.5432/ 2005 (with P1 patch files)]||O-F Resources||050216||martins||Orbiter Download||16 February 2005||Orbiter 2005||
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=outerplanets-050125.zip&Author=&CatID=root The Outer Planets 050125]||AVSIM||050125||Rolf Keibel<br>Tony Dunn||Scenery||26 January 2005||Orbiter 2005-P1||
 
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2003-p2.5433/ Orbiter 2003-P2]||O-F Resources||031217||martins||Orbiter Download||17 December 2003||Orbiter 2003-P2||
 
|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2003-p2.5433/ Orbiter 2003-P2]||O-F Resources||031217||martins||Orbiter Download||17 December 2003||Orbiter 2003-P2||
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2002-p1-with-subsequent-patches.5435/ Orbiter 2002-P1, with subsequent patches]||O-F Resources||021202<br>021206<br>021217<br>030303||martins||Orbiter Download||2 December 2002||Orbiter 2002-P1||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2003-p1.5434/ Orbiter 2003-P1]||O-F Resources||031105||martins||Orbiter Download||5 November 2003||Orbiter 2003-P1|
 
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=osaturn.zip&Author=&CatID=root Moons of Saturn Part 3]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||19 October 2002||||
 
|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=osaturn.zip&Author=&CatID=root Moons of Saturn Part 3]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||19 October 2002||||
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
[[w:Tethys (moon)|Tethys]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
 
[[w:Tethys (moon)|Tethys]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
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TethysOrbiter2002.jpg|<center>Tethys in Orbiter 2002</center>
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Tethys-orbiter2002p3.jpg|<center>Tethys in Orbiter 2002P3</center>
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Tethys-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>Tethys in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
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Tethys-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Tethys in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
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PIA18317-SaturnMoon-Tethys-Cassini-20150411.jpg|<center>Tethys as seen by the [[w:Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]] spacecraft on 11 April 2015<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
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Revision as of 02:33, 17 September 2024

Tethys
Tethys.jpg
Tethys with Saturn in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name Tethys
Reference body Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2005.41409993155
Semimajor axis (a) 294982634.56239 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.00107532665445937
Inclination (i) 26.97242049°
(0.470757544726676 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 169.1532561°
(2.95228125917919 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 496.8246271°
(8.67122554777855 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 502.6123366°
(8.77224013508484 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 530000 km
Mass 6.22×1020 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 163129 seconds (45.3136 hours)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliqutiy 0.4895
LAN 6.09808
Note *Elements given are from Tethys.cfg (Orbiter 2005P1)

Tethys is the 5th largest moon of Saturn, discovered on 11 March 1684 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini, who named it Saturn IV, but John Hershel referred to it at Tethys, and that is the name that stuck.

Tethys in Orbiter

Tethys was introduced to Orbiter with the release of Orbiter 2002, but was also included in a number of add-ons as indicated in the above tables.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Tethys
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
2005 (with P1 patch files) O-F Resources 050216 martins Orbiter Download 16 February 2005 Orbiter 2005
Orbiter 2003-P2 O-F Resources 031217 martins Orbiter Download 17 December 2003 Orbiter 2003-P2
Orbiter 2003-P1 O-F Resources 031105 martins Orbiter Download 5 November 2003
Moons of Saturn Part 3 AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 19 October 2002
Orbiter 2002 O-F Resources 020419 martins Orbiter Download 19 April 2002 Orbiter 2002

See also

Tethys at Wikipedia

Gallery

  • Tethys in Orbiter 2002
  • Tethys in Orbiter 2002P3
  • Tethys in Orbiter 2003P2
  • Tethys in Orbiter 2005P1
  • Tethys as seen by the Cassini spacecraft on 11 April 2015
    from Wikimedia Commons
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