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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|583390000 m
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|97.88697451° <br> (1.70845 radian)
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|97.87882122° <br> (1.70830769827032 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|167.7349988° <br> (2.927528 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|167.7422432° <br> (2.92765443828649 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|8.846009991° <br> (0.154392 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|288.925047° <br> (5.04269336191529 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|261.319003° <br> (4.560877 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|472.6703921° <br> (8.24965461905517 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|7614 km
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|761400 m
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|3.03×10<sup>21</sup> kg
 
|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|3.03×10<sup>21</sup> kg
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Oberon.cfg (2016)
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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||
 
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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||
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Oberon021012.jpg|<center>Oberon from uranus-neptune-moons.zip in Orbiter 2002</center>
 
Oberon021012.jpg|<center>Oberon from uranus-neptune-moons.zip in Orbiter 2002</center>
 
Oberon-orbiter2002p3.jpg|<center>Oberon in Orbiter 2002P3</center>
 
Oberon-orbiter2002p3.jpg|<center>Oberon in Orbiter 2002P3</center>
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Oberon-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>Oberon in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
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Oberon-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Oberon in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
 
oberon.jpg|<center>[[w:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]] image of Oberon<br>From Wikimedia Commons.</center>
 
oberon.jpg|<center>[[w:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]] image of Oberon<br>From Wikimedia Commons.</center>
 
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Revision as of 02:46, 17 September 2024

Oberon
OberonScrnshot.jpg
Oberon in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client, with Uranus in the background
Designation
Name Oberon
Reference body Uranus
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2005.41409993155
Semimajor axis (a) 583560909.561177 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.00110658045344143
Inclination (i) 97.87882122°
(1.70830769827032 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 167.7422432°
(2.92765443828649 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 288.925047°
(5.04269336191529 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 472.6703921°
(8.24965461905517 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 761400 m
Mass 3.03×1021 kg
Note *Elements given are from Oberon.cfg (Orbiter 2005P1)

Oberon is the second largest and second most massive natural satellite of Uranus. It was discovered on 11 January 1787 by William Herschel, and was named after a character from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is one of the five satellites of Uranus discovered prior to the Voyager 2 encounter of January 1986.

Oberon has a radius of 761.4km. Its surface gravity is 0.349m/s^2, 0.036 that of Earth. A surface orbit has a speed of 515m/s, and the escape velocity is 729m/s. A surface orbit has a period of 9283s (about 2 hours 35 minutes).

Oberon's orbit about Uranus is almost perfectly circular and equatorial, and has a radius of 583400km. Its orbital period is 13.463 days. This is the outermost of the five major satellites.

Like all the satellites of Uranus, Oberon's axis is tilted 98° relative to the ecliptic plane. It is locked in synchronous rotation, like the Earth's moon. When Voyager flew past, Uranus and all its satellites were near their southern summer solstice, and in this case it means that only the southern hemispheres were visible. As a consequence, only the southern hemisphere of Oberon has been mapped in any detail.

Oberon has a mean density of about 1.6 times that of water. From this, we can conclude that the satellite is mostly water ice, with a little bit of rock mixed in.

Oberon in Orbiter

Oberon was first introduced to Orbiter in October 2002 with the release of uranus-neptune-moons.zip add-on, then included into the release of Orbiter 2002-P1. There have been a number of updates since then, the latest with Uranian Moons for Orbiter 2016 in May 2024.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Oberon
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
Uranus / Neptune Moons Addon AVSIM Robert Stettner (Foxtrot) Scenery 12 October 2002
  • Oberon from uranus-neptune-moons.zip in Orbiter 2002
  • Oberon in Orbiter 2002P3
  • Oberon in Orbiter 2003P2
  • Oberon in Orbiter 2005P1
  • Voyager 2 image of Oberon
    From Wikimedia Commons.
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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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