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| + | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Elara | ||
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| + | |colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Elara-outerplanets060929basezip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|240px]] | ||
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| + | |colspan="2" align="center"|'''Elara from ''outer_planets-060929-base.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1''' | ||
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| + | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation | ||
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| + | |Name||align="right"|Elara | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|[[Jupiter]] | ||
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| + | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|2006.64779710751 | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|11724775187.5364 m | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.196015925266734 | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|29.645438545611° <br> (0.517410510818551 radian) | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|104.680792927026° <br> (1.827024500175 radian) | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|254.812870711218° <br> (4.44732357036938 radian) | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|357.451038993068° <br> (6.23869754510367 radian) | ||
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| + | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|38500 m | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|7.77×10<sup>17</sup> kg | ||
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| + | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|2243896 seconds (25.971 days) | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0 | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Obliqutiy||align="right" width="30%"|0 | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|0 | ||
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| + | |width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Elara.cfg (outer_planets-060929-base.zip) | ||
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| + | '''Elara (Jupiter VII)''' is an irregular prograde and outer [[Natural satellites|moon]] and of [[Jupiter]]. It was discovered on 5 January 1905, the day after the discovery of [[Himalia]], by [[w:Charles Dillon Perrine|Charles Dillon Perrine]] at the [[w:Lick Observatory|Lick Observatory]], but it was not named until 1975, then named after [[w:Elara (mythology)|Elara]] one of the lovers of [[w:Zeus|Zeus]]. | ||
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| + | == Elara in Orbiter == | ||
| + | Elara was introduced to Orbiter with the release of ''jupiter-iii.zip'' in October 2002. | ||
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| + | |colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Elara'''</center> | ||
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| + | !Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article | ||
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| + | |[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=outer_planets-060929-base.zip&Author=&CatID=root The Outer Planets 060929 Base]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel<br>Carl Romanik<br>Tony Dunn||Scenery||30 September 2006||Orbiter 2006-P1|| | ||
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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://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=jupiter_iii.zip&Author=&CatID=root Jupiter III]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||28 October 2002|||| | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | [[w:Elara (moon)|Himalia]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] | ||
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| + | == Gallery == | ||
| + | <gallery widths="100" heights="100"> | ||
| + | Elara-jupiteriiizip.jpg|<center>Elara from ''jupiter_iii.zip'' in Orbiter 2002</center> | ||
| + | Elara-outerplanets050125zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Elara from ''outerplanets-050125.zip'' in Orbiter 2005P1</center> | ||
| + | Elara-outerplanets060929basezip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>Elara from ''outer_planets-060929-base.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1</center> | ||
| + | Elara - New Horizons.png|<center>Elara as seen by [[w:New Horizons|New Horizons]] on 5 March 2007 during its alingshot flyby of [[Jupiter]] inroute to [[Pluto]] and beyond.</center> | ||
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| + | [[Category:Celestial bodies]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Solar System]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Natural satellites]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Satellites of Jupiter]] | ||
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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[edit]Elara was introduced to Orbiter with the release of jupiter-iii.zip in October 2002.
See also[edit]Gallery[edit]
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