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Revision as of 03:23, 12 September 2024

Caliban
Caliban-uranuszip.jpg
Caliban from uranus.zip in Orbiter 2002
Designation
Name Caliban
Reference body Uranus
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 1979.999
Semimajor axis (a) 7231000000 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.1588
Inclination (i) 140.8788627°
(2.4588 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 163.5393435°
(2.8543 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 146.195911°
(2.5516 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 309.294077°
(5.3982 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 48970 m
Mass 4.769×1016 kg
SidRotPeriod 50064480 (579.45 days)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliquity 1.4346
LAN 2.9255
Note *Elements given are from Caliban.cfg (uranus.zip)

Caliban (Uranus XVI, S/1997 U 1) is one of the outer retrograde irregular satellites of Uranus. It was discovered at the Palomar Observatory on 6 September 1997. It is named after monster character in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Caliban in Orbiter

Caliban was first introduced into Orbiter with the add-on uranus.zip in November 2002.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Caliban
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Uranus AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 5 November 2002
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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

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S/2023 U 1

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