Iapetus

Iapetus

Iapetus in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name	Iapetus
Reference body	Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2005.41409993155
Semimajor axis (a)	3563513670.80278 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.0274067153032204
Inclination (i)	17.25375588° (0.301134848386533 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	139.3182554° (2.43156226496383 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	369.2974058° (6.44545565088942 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	551.098555° (9.61848428770356 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	730000 km
Mass	1.6×10²² kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod	6835072.8 seconds (1898.631 hours or 79.1 days)
SidRotOffset	0
Obliqutiy	0.4895
LAN	6.09808
Note	*Elements given are from Iapetus.cfg (outerplanets-050329)

Iapetus is the third largest moon of Saturn, the eleventh largest moon of the Solar System, and is the outermost of the large moons orbiting Saturn. Iapetus was discovered on 25 October 1671 by w:Giovanni Domenico Cassini. Iapetus is tidally locked to Saturn in that the same side is always facing Saturn, and it is unusual in that the leading hemisphere is dark and the trailing hemisphere is light.

Iapetus in Orbiter

Project home: The Outer Planets 050125 Author: Rolf Keibel (VF2_Rolf) Tony Dunn Current version: 050125 Compatibility: Orbiter 2005

Project home: The Outer Planets 050223 Update Author: Rolf Keibel (VF2_Rolf) Tony Dunn Carl Romanik (Chode) Current version: 050223 Compatibility: Orbiter 2005

Project home: The Outer Planets 050329 Update Author: Rolf Keibel (VF2_Rolf) Tony Dunn Carl Romanik (Chode) Current version: 050329 Compatibility: Orbiter 2005

Iapetus was introduced to Orbiter with The Outer Planets-050125 add-on in 2005, compatible with Orbiter 2005, then two updates by the same authors. Later, it was incorporated into Orbiter with the new release in 2006, bringing the moon count of Saturn up to eight.

Numbered Satellites: S/2004 S7 | S/2004 S12 | S/2004 S13 | S/2004 S17 | S/2004 S21 | S/2004 S24 | S/2004 S26 | S/2004 S28 | S/2004 S29 | S/2004 S31 | S/2004 S34 | S/2004 S36 | S/2004 S37 | S/2004 S39 | S/2004 S40 | S/2004 S41 | S/2004 S42 | S/2004 S43 | S/2004 S44 | S/2004 S45 | S/2004 S46 | S/2004 S47 | S/2004 S48 | S/2004 S49 | S/2004 S50 | S/2004 S51 | S/2004 S52 | S/2004 S53 | S/2005 S4 | S/2005 S5 | S/2006 S1 | S/2006 S3 | S/2006 S9 | S/2006 S10 | S/2006 S11 | S/2006 S12 | S/2006 S13 | S/2006 S14 | S/2006 S15 | S/2006 S16 | S/2006 S17 | S/2006 S18 | S/2006 S19 | S/2006 S20 | S/2007 S2 | S/2007 S3 | S/2007 S5 | S/2007 S6 | S/2007 S8 | S/2007 S8 | S/2007 S9 | S/2009 S1 | S/2019 S1 | S/2019 S2 | S/2019 S3 | S/2019 S4 | S/2019 S5 | S/2019 S6 | S/2019 S7 | S/2019 S8 | S/2019 S9 | S/2019 S10 | S/2019 S11 | S/2019 S12 | S/2019 S13 | S/2019 S14 | S/2019 S15 | S/2019 S16 | S/2019 S17 | S/2019 S18 | S/2019 S19 | S/2019 S20 | S/2019 S21 | S/2020 S1 | S/2020 S2 | S/2020 S3 | S/2020 S4 | S/2020 S5 | S/2020 S6 | S/2020 S7 | S/2020 S8 | S/2020 S9 | S/2020 S10

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