Dione

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Dione
DioneScrnshot.jpg
Diione in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name Dione
Reference body Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2005.41409993155
Semimajor axis (a) 377653774.68302 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.00273184023667722
Inclination (i) 27.94971857°
(0.489579654469251 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 168.8079837°
(2.95959510683463 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 360.9692475°
(8.8707932193739 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 448.7342263°
(14.9544021900058 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 5600 km
Mass 1.05×1021 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 236530 seconds (65.7 hours)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliqutiy 0.4895
LAN 6.09808
Note *Elements given are from Dione.cfg (Orbiter 2005)

Dione is the fourth-largest moon of Saturn, discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini on 30 March 1684, but the name was applied by John Herschel in 1847, and that one stuck.

Dione in Orbiter

Dione was introduced to Orbiter with the release of Orbiter 2002 on 19 April 2002, and has been a part since.

Rolf Keibel included Dione in his Moons of Saturn Part 3 add-on with a new texture

Project home: Moons of Saturn Part 3
Author: Rolf Keibel (VF2_Rolf)
Current version:
Compatibility: Orbiter 2002


A new add-on of outer planet moons was released on 25 January 2005, and updated a month later, then again in March.

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


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


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

Saturn's natural satellites

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Named Satellites: Aegaeon | Aegir | Albiorix | Alvaldi | Angrboda | Anthe | Atlas | Bebhionn | Beli | Bergelmir | Bestia | Calypso | Daphnis | Dione | Eggther | Enceladus | Epimetheus | Erriapus | Farbauti | Fenrir | Fornjot | Geirrod | Gerd | Greip | Gridr | Gunnlod | Hati | Helene | Hyperion | Hyrrokkin | Iapetus | Ijiraq | Janus | Jarnsaxa | Kari | Kiviuq | Loge | Methone | Mimas | Mundilfari | Narvi | Paaliaq | Pallene | Pan | Pandora | Phoebe | Polydeuces | Prometheus | Rhea | Siarnaq | Skathi | Skoll | Skrymir | Surtur | Suttungr | Tarqeq | Tarvos | Telesto | Tethys | Thiazzi | Thrymr | Titan | Ymir

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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