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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin:25px 0 0 10px; border:3px solid lightsteelblue;width:250px; font-size:90%; font-family:'Arial','Helvetica'; float: right; clear: right;"Template in Orbiter"
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Sycorax
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Sycorax-uranuszip.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|<center>'''Sycorax from ''uranus.zip'' in Orbiter 2002'''</center>
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|Sycorax
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Uranus
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|1979.999
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|12179000000 m
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.5224
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|159.4025882° <br> (2.7821 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|260.856225° <br> (4.5528 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|280.7378605° <br> (4.8998 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|91.00861618° <br> (1.5884 radian)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|94890 m
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|1.398×10<sup>17</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|110887488 (3.52 years)
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
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|width="30%"|Obliquity||align="right" width="30%"|1.4346
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|2.9255
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Sycorax.cfg (uranus.zip)
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'''Sycorax (Uranus XVII, S/1997 U 2)''' is one of the outer  retrograde irregular satellites of [[Uranus]] and the largest of the irregulars. It was discovered at the [[w:Hale Telscope|Hale Telescope]] on 6 September 1997. It is named after the mother of [[Caliban]] in [[w:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] [[w:The Tempest|The Tempest]].
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== Sycorax in Orbiter ==
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Sycorax was first introduced into Orbiter with the add-on ''uranus.zip'' in November 2002.
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Sycorax'''</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=uranus.zip&Author=&CatID=root Uranus]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||5 November 2002||||
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<gallery>
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Sycorax-uranuszip.jpg|<center>Sycorax from ''uranus.zip'' in Orbiter 2002</center>
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Sycorax discovery full.jpg|<center>Discovery image of Sycorax, the circled object upper right,<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
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Animation of Sycorax orbit around Uranus.gif|<center>Animation of the orbits of [[Caliban]], [[Francisco]], [[Stephano]], '''Sycorax''', and [[Trinculo]],<br>from Wikimedia Commons.</center>
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{{UranusSat}}
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{{SolarSystem}}
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[[Category:Articles]]
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[[Category:Celestial bodies]]
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[[Category:Natural satellites]]
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[[Category:Satellites of Uranus]]
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{{Nsat-Stub}}

Revision as of 03:13, 12 August 2024

Sycorax
Sycorax-uranuszip.jpg
Sycorax from uranus.zip in Orbiter 2002
Designation
Name Sycorax
Reference body Uranus
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 1979.999
Semimajor axis (a) 12179000000 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.5224
Inclination (i) 159.4025882°
(2.7821 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 260.856225°
(4.5528 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 280.7378605°
(4.8998 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 91.00861618°
(1.5884 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 94890 m
Mass 1.398×1017 kg
SidRotPeriod 110887488 (3.52 years)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliquity 1.4346
LAN 2.9255
Note *Elements given are from Sycorax.cfg (uranus.zip)

Sycorax (Uranus XVII, S/1997 U 2) is one of the outer retrograde irregular satellites of Uranus and the largest of the irregulars. It was discovered at the Hale Telescope on 6 September 1997. It is named after the mother of Caliban in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Sycorax in Orbiter

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

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Sycorax
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Uranus AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 5 November 2002
  • Sycorax from uranus.zip in Orbiter 2002
  • Discovery image of Sycorax, the circled object upper right,
    from Wikimedia Commons
  • Animation of the orbits of Caliban, Francisco, Stephano, Sycorax, and Trinculo,
    from Wikimedia Commons.
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