Difference between revisions of "Nereid"

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Nereid

Nereid in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name	Nereid
Reference body	Neptune
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2006.49555099247 (2006 June 30)
Semimajor axis (a)	5515375933.0092 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.747077257017379
Inclination (i)	5.071276291° (0.0885104685561022 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	320.1049351° (5.58688506093214 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	616.561942° (10.7610359309656 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	684.0532414° (11.9389813216087 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	165000 m
Mass	1.317×10¹⁹ kg
Note	*Elements given are from Nereid.cfg (Orbiter 2016)

Nereid is the third largest moon of Neptune and the largest irregular moon in the Solar system. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 1 May 1949.

Nereid was introduced to Orbiter with the release of uranus-neptune-moons.zip in Octiber 2002.

Add-on	Source	Version	Author	Type	Release Date	Compatibility
Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Io
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

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Neptune's natural satellites edit
Despina \| Galatea \| Halimede \| Hippocamp \| Laomedeia \| Larissa \| Naiad \| Nereid \| Neso \| Proteus \| Psamathe \| Sao \| Thalassa \| Triton
See also: Pronunciation key \| rings of Neptune

edit 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

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 Nereid-orbiter2002p3.jpg|<center>Nereid in Orbiter 2002P3</center>
 Nereid-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>Nereid in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
+Nereid-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Nereid in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
 Nereid-Voyager2.jpg|<center>Nereid as seen by [[w:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]] in 1989<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 Nereid's orbit around Neptune.svg|<center>Nereid's highly eccentric orbit around Neptune<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
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