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PIA07763 Rhea full globe5.jpg|<center>Rhea as seen by the [[w:Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]] spacecraft on 26 November 2005<br>From Wikimedia Commons</center> | PIA07763 Rhea full globe5.jpg|<center>Rhea as seen by the [[w:Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]] spacecraft on 26 November 2005<br>From Wikimedia Commons</center> | ||
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Revision as of 02:59, 8 September 2024
Rhea | |
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Rhea in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client | |
Designation | |
Name | Rhea |
Reference body | Saturn |
Planetary mean orbits | |
Epoch | 1999 |
Semimajor axis (a) | 527100000 m |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.0009 |
Inclination (i) | 0.327158901° (0.00571 radian) |
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 1.094922346° (0.01911 radian) |
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 206.9638148° (3.6122 radian) |
Mean longitude (L) | 85.69729742° (1.4957 radian) |
Selected physical parameters | |
Mean radius | 764000 km |
Mass | 2.49×1021 kg |
Rotation elements | |
SidRotPeriod | 390411 seconds (108.4475 hours or 4.5 days) |
SidRotOffset | 0 |
Obliqutiy | 0.4895 |
LAN | 6.09808 |
Note | *Elements given are from Rhea.cfg (osaturn.zip) |
Rhea is the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System and the second-largest moon of Saturn. Rhea was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini on 23 December 1672 about the same time he discovered Dione, Iapetus, and Tethys, but the name Rhea referred to by John Herschel stuck.
Rhea in Orbiter
Rhea was first introduced in Orbiter with the release of Orbiter 2002 in April 2002.
<center?Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Rhea | |||||||
Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
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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 | ||
Moons of Saturn Part 3 | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel | Scenery | 19 October 2002 | |||
Orbiter 2002 | O-F Resources | 020419 | martins | Orbiter Download | 19 April 2002 | Orbiter 2002 |
See also
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Rhea as seen by the Cassini spacecraft on 26 November 2005
From Wikimedia Commons
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