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Amalthea is an inner irregular satellite of Jupiter, measuring 250 km across and is noted for its red color.
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Amalthea
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Amalthea-outerplanets060929basezip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Amalthea 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"|Amalthea
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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%"|2005.41409993155
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|181159256.1 m
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.000441428663648964 radian
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|2.55350793607894° <br> (0.0445671209603824 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|342.032315906764° <br> (5.96959006079441 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|414.339943282274° <br> (7.23159623280224 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|759.548616814031° <br> (13.2566241923736)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|101000 m
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|7.17×10<sup>18</sup> kg
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|43042.7 seconds (11.9563 hours)
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0.63
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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 Amalthea.cfg (outer_planets-060929-base.zip)
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'''Amalthea (Jupiter V)''' is an inner irregular [[natural satellites|moon]] of [[Jupiter]], measuring 250 km across and is noted for its red color. Amalthea was discovered by [[w:Edward Emerson Barnard|E E Bernard]] on 9 September 1892, named after a nymph in Greek mythology. This was the last moon to be discovered by direct observation. All others after were discovered photographically or digital imaging.
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== Amalthea in Orbiter ==
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Amalthea was introduced to [[Orbiter]] with the add-on ''jupiter_i.zip'' released in October 2002.
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Amalthea'''</center>
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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/celestial-bodies-motion-part-2-4-v2-0-0.295/ Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 2/4 - v2.0.0]||O-F Resources||v2.0.0||cristiapi||Scenery||2 July 2015||*module only||
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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://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-050223-update.2483/ The Outer Planets 050223 Update]||O-F Resources||2005-02-23||VF2_Rolf||Scenery||23 February 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://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=jupiter_i.zip&Author=&CatID=root Jupiter I]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||25 October 2002||||
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== See also ==
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[[w:Amalthea (moon)|Amalthea]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery widths="100" heights="100">
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Amalthea-jupiterizip.jpg|<center>Amalthea from ''jupiter_i.zip'' in Orbiter 2002</center>
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Amalthea-outerplanets050125zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Amalthea from ''outerplanets-050125.zip'' in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
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Amalthea-outerplanets060929basezip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>Amalthea from ''outer_planets-060929-base.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
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Amalthea (moon).png|<center>Amalthea as seen by [[w:|Voyager 1|Voyager 1]] on 5 March 1979,<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
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Amalthea
Amalthea-outerplanets060929basezip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg
Amalthea from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
Designation
Name Amalthea
Reference body Jupiter
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2005.41409993155
Semimajor axis (a) 181159256.1 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.000441428663648964 radian
Inclination (i) 2.55350793607894°
(0.0445671209603824 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 342.032315906764°
(5.96959006079441 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 414.339943282274°
(7.23159623280224 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 759.548616814031°
(13.2566241923736)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 101000 m
Mass 7.17×1018 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 43042.7 seconds (11.9563 hours)
SidRotOffset 0.63
Obliqutiy 0
LAN 0
Note *Elements given are from Amalthea.cfg (outer_planets-060929-base.zip)


Amalthea (Jupiter V) is an inner irregular moon of Jupiter, measuring 250 km across and is noted for its red color. Amalthea was discovered by E E Bernard on 9 September 1892, named after a nymph in Greek mythology. This was the last moon to be discovered by direct observation. All others after were discovered photographically or digital imaging.

Amalthea in Orbiter[edit]

Amalthea was introduced to Orbiter with the add-on jupiter_i.zip released in October 2002.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Amalthea
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 2/4 - v2.0.0 O-F Resources v2.0.0 cristiapi Scenery 2 July 2015 *module only
The Outer Planets 060929 Base AVSIM Rolf Keibel
Carl Romanik
Tony Dunn
Scenery 30 September 2006 Orbiter 2006-P1
The Outer Planets 050329 Update AVSIM 050329 Rolf Keibel
Tony Dunn
Carl Romanik
Scenery 30 March 2005
The Outer Planets 050223 Update O-F Resources 2005-02-23 VF2_Rolf Scenery 23 February 2005
The Outer Planets 050125 AVSIM 050125 Rolf Keibel
Tony Dunn
Scenery 26 January 2005 Orbiter 2005-P1
Jupiter I AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 25 October 2002

See also[edit]

Amalthea at Wikipedia

Gallery[edit]

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