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+ | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Atlas | ||
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+ | |colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Atlas021015.jpg|240px]] | ||
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+ | |colspan="2" align="center"|'''Atlas from isaturn.zip in Orbiter 2002''' | ||
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+ | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation | ||
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+ | |Name||align="right"|Atlas | ||
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+ | |width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Saturn | ||
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+ | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits | ||
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+ | |width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|1976.606435 (1976 August 10.00 TT) | ||
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+ | |width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|137700000 m | ||
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+ | |width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0001 | ||
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+ | |width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|0° <br> (0 radian) | ||
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+ | |width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|0° <br> (0 radian) | ||
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+ | |width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|60.00014031° <br> (1.0472 radian) | ||
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+ | |width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|44.99437565° <br> (0.7853 radian) | ||
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+ | !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters | ||
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+ | |width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|15520 m | ||
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+ | |width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|1.3×10<sup>15</sup> kg | ||
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+ | |width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Atlas.cfg (isaturn.zip) | ||
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+ | '''Atlas (Saturn XV, S/1980 S 28)''' is an inner [[natural satellite|moon]] of [[Saturn]]. It was discovered by [[w:Richard Terrile|Richard Terrile]] in images taken by [[w:Voyager 1|Voyager 1]] images in 1980. Atlas is located near the inner edge of Saturn's A ring, and experiences perturbations by [[Prometheus]] and [[Pandora]]. | ||
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+ | == Atlas in Orbiter == | ||
+ | Atlas joined [[Orbiter]] in October 2002 with the release of isaturn.zip. It is too small to have significant gravity, so vessels landed may tend to drift off the surface. | ||
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+ | |colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Io'''</center> | ||
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+ | !Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article | ||
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+ | |[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=isaturn.zip&Author=&CatID=root Inner Moons of Saturn]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||15 October 2002|||| | ||
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+ | == See also == | ||
+ | [[w:Atlas (moon)|Atlas]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] | ||
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+ | == Gallery == | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | Atlas021015.jpg|<center>Atlas from ''isaturn.zip'' in Orbiter 2002</center> | ||
+ | Atlas color PIA21449.png|<center>Atlas as seen by the [[w:Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]] spacecraft on 12 April 2017,<br>from Wikimedia Commons<center> | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
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Atlas (Saturn XV, S/1980 S 28) is an inner moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Richard Terrile in images taken by Voyager 1 images in 1980. Atlas is located near the inner edge of Saturn's A ring, and experiences perturbations by Prometheus and Pandora. Atlas in OrbiterAtlas joined Orbiter in October 2002 with the release of isaturn.zip. It is too small to have significant gravity, so vessels landed may tend to drift off the surface.
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