Dione
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Dione | |
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Dione 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.
Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Dione as a body.
Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
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Orbiter core package download (The actual download page for Orbiter 2016) |
Orbiter download page | Orbiter 2016 | martins | Orbiter download | 2 May 2016 | Orbiter 2016 | |
Celestial Bodies Motion - v2.0.1 - UPDATE for Saturn's moons | O-F Resources | v2.0.1 | cristiapi | Scenery | 29 July 2015 | ||
Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 1/4 - v2.0.0 | O-F Resources | v2.0.0 | cristiapi | Scenery | 2 July 2015 | ||
Orbiter 2010-P1 | O-F Resources | 100830 | martins | Orbiter Download | 30 August 2010 | Orbiter 2010-P1 | |
Orbiter 2010 | O-F Resources | 100606 | martins | Orbiter Download | 5 June 2010 | Orbiter 2010 | |
Orbiter 2006-P1 | O-F Resources | 060929 | martins | Orbiter Download | 29 September 2006 | Orbiter 2006-P1 | |
Orbiter 2006 | O-F Resources | 060504 | martins | Orbiter Download | 4 May 2006 | Orbiter 2006 | |
The Outer Planets 050329 Update | AVSIM | 050329 | Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn Carl Romanik |
Scenery | 30 March 2005 | ||
The Outer Planets 050329 Update | O-F Resources | 050329 | VF2_Rolf | Scenery | 29 March 2005 | ||
2005 (with P1 patch files) | O-F Resources | 050216 | martins | Orbiter Download | 16 February 2005 | Orbiter 2005 | |
The Outer Planets 050125 | AVSIM | 050125 | Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn |
Scenery | 26 January 2005 | Orbiter 2005-P1 | |
Orbiter 2003-P2 | O-F Resources | 031217 | martins | Orbiter Download | 17 December 2003 | Orbiter 2003-P2 | |
Orbiter 2002-P1, with subsequent patches | O-F Resources | 021202 021206 021217 030303 |
martins | Orbiter Download | 2 December 2002 | Orbiter 2002-P1 | |
Moons of Saturn Part 3 | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel | Scenery | 19 October 2002 | |||
Orbiter 2002 | O-F Resources | 020419 | martins | Orbiter Download | 19 April 2002 | Orbiter 2002 |
See also
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