Elara

This natural satellite related article is a stub. You can help Orbiterwiki by expanding it. Elara Elara from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1 Designation Name Elara Reference body Jupiter Planetary mean orbits Epoch 2006.64779710751 Semimajor axis (a) 11724775187.5364 m Eccentricity (e) 0.196015925266734 Inclination (i) 29.645438545611° (0.517410510818551 radian) Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 104.680792927026° (1.827024500175 radian) Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 254.812870711218° (4.44732357036938 radian) Mean longitude (L) 357.451038993068° (6.23869754510367 radian) Selected physical parameters Mean radius 38500 m Mass 7.77×1017 kg Rotation elements SidRotPeriod 2243896 seconds (25.971 days) SidRotOffset 0 Obliqutiy 0 LAN 0 Note *Elements given are from Elara.cfg (outer_planets-060929-base.zip) Elara (Jupiter VII) is an irregular prograde and outer moon and of Jupiter. It was discovered on 5 January 1905, the day after the discovery of Himalia, by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory, but it was not named until 1975, then named after Elara one of the lovers of Zeus. Elara in Orbiter Elara was introduced to Orbiter with the release of jupiter-iii.zip in October 2002. Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Elara Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article The Outer Planets 060929 Base AVSIM Rolf Keibel Carl Romanik Tony Dunn Scenery 30 September 2006 Orbiter 2006-P1 2005 (with P1 patch files) O-F Resources 050216 martins Orbiter Download 16 February 2005 Orbiter 2005 Jupiter III AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 28 October 2002 See also Himalia at Wikipedia Gallery Elara from jupiter_iii.zip in Orbiter 2002 Elara from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1 Elara from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1 Elara as seen by New Horizons on 5 March 2007 during its alingshot flyby of Jupiter inroute to Pluto and beyond. Jupiter's natural satellites Named Satellites: Adrastea | Aitne | Amalthea | Ananke | Aoede | Arche | Autonoe | Callirrhoe | Callisto | Carme | Carpo | Chaldene | Cyllene | Dia | Eirene | Elara | Erinome | Ersa | Euanthe | Eukelade | Eupheme | Euporie | Europa | Eurydome | Ganymede | Harpalyke | Hegemone | Helike | Hermippe | Herse | Himalia | Io | Iocaste | Isonoe | Kale | Kallichore | Kalyke | Kore | Leda | Lysithea | Megaclite | Metis | Mneme | Orthosie | Pandia | Pasiphae | Pasithee | Philophrosyne | Praxidike | Sinope | Sponde | Taygete | Thebe | Thelxinoe | Themisto | Thyone | Valetudo Numbered Satellites: S/2003 J 2 | S/2003 J 4 | S/2003 J 9 | S/2003 J 10 | S/2003 J 12 | S/2003 J 16 | S/2003 J 18 | S/2003 J 19 | S/2003 J 23 | S/2003 J 24 |S/2010 J 1 | S/2010 J 2 | S/2011 J 1 | S/2011 J 2 S/2011 J 3 | S/2016 J 1 | S/2016 J 3 | S/2016 J 4 | S/2017 J 1 | S/2017 J 2 | S/2017 J 3 | S/2017 J 5 | S/2017 J 6 | S/2017 J 7 | S/2017 J 8 | S/2017 J 9 | S/2018 J 2 |S/2018 J 3 | S/2018 J 4 | S/2021 J 1 S/2021 J 2 | S/2021 J 3 | S/2021 J 4 | S/2021 J 5 | S/2021 J 6 | S/2022 J 1 | S/2022 J 2 | S/2022 J 3 The Solar System Central star Sun (Sol) Planets Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune Natural satellites Moon - Phobos - Deimos - Io - Europa - Ganymede - Titan - more... Add-ons Planets - Dwarf Planets - Small objects - Natural satellites - Alternative star systems