Elara

This natural satellite related article is a stub. You can help Orbiterwiki by expanding it. Elara Elara from jupiter_iii.zip in Orbiter 2002 Designation Name Elara Reference body Jupiter Planetary mean orbits Epoch 1976.606435 Semimajor axis (a) 11740000000 m Eccentricity (e) 0.2174 Inclination (i) 26.627° (0.46472882 radian) Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 109.3730594° (1.90892 radian) Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 261.222918° (4.5592 radian) Mean longitude (L) 195.5963321° (3.4138 radian) Selected physical parameters Mean radius 38500 m Mass 7.77×1017 kg Rotation elements SidRotPeriod 2243896 seconds (25.97 days) SidRotOffset 0.03 Obliqutiy 0 LAN 0 Note *Elements given are from Elara.cfg (jupiter_ii.zip) 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 Elara was introduced to Orbiter with the release of jupiter-iii.zip in October 2002. Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Elara Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article 2005 (with P1 patch files) O-F Resources 050216 martins Orbiter Download 16 February 2005 Orbiter 2005 Jupiter III AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 28 October 2002 See also Himalia at Wikipedia Gallery Elara from jupiter_iii.zip in Orbiter 2002 Elara from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1 Elara as seen by New Horizons on 5 March 2007 during its alingshot flyby of Jupiter inroute to Pluto and beyond. Jupiter's natural satellites Named Satellites: Adrastea | Aitne | Amalthea | Ananke | Aoede | Arche | Autonoe | Callirrhoe | Callisto | Carme | Carpo | Chaldene | Cyllene | Dia | Eirene | Elara | Erinome | Ersa | Euanthe | Eukelade | Eupheme | Euporie | Europa | Eurydome | Ganymede | Harpalyke | Hegemone | Helike | Hermippe | Herse | Himalia | Io | Iocaste | Isonoe | Kale | Kallichore | Kalyke | Kore | Leda | Lysithea | Megaclite | Metis | Mneme | Orthosie | Pandia | Pasiphae | Pasithee | Philophrosyne | Praxidike | Sinope | Sponde | Taygete | Thebe | Thelxinoe | Themisto | Thyone | Valetudo Numbered Satellites: S/2003 J 2 | S/2003 J 4 | S/2003 J 9 | S/2003 J 10 | S/2003 J 12 | S/2003 J 16 | S/2003 J 18 | S/2003 J 19 | S/2003 J 23 | S/2003 J 24 |S/2010 J 1 | S/2010 J 2 | S/2011 J 1 | S/2011 J 2 S/2011 J 3 | S/2016 J 1 | S/2016 J 3 | S/2016 J 4 | S/2017 J 1 | S/2017 J 2 | S/2017 J 3 | S/2017 J 5 | S/2017 J 6 | S/2017 J 7 | S/2017 J 8 | S/2017 J 9 | S/2018 J 2 |S/2018 J 3 | S/2018 J 4 | S/2021 J 1 S/2021 J 2 | S/2021 J 3 | S/2021 J 4 | S/2021 J 5 | S/2021 J 6 | S/2022 J 1 | S/2022 J 2 | S/2022 J 3 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