Titan

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Titan
Titan2016.jpg
Titan in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name Titan
Reference body Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 1999.0
Semimajor axis (a) 1221971852.3956 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.0286455635677465
Inclination (i) 27.71621075°
(0.48373913369302 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 169.1427802°
(2.95209842121588 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 336.2491384°
(5.86865457209081 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 143.0542442°
(8.77995287671279 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 2575000 km
Mass 1.35×1023 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 1377959 seconds (382.766 hours)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliqutiy 0.4895
LAN 6.09808
Note *Elements given are from Titan.cfg (2005)

Titan is the largest moon of Saturn, and was introduced to Orbiter with Orbiter 2002. It is the second largest moon in the Solar System and boasts an atmosphere about 1.45 as dense as that of Earth. Titan was discovered on 25 March 1655 by Christiaan Huygens who named it Saturni Luna, but the name Titan was applied John Herschel and that name stuck.

Titan in Orbiter

Titan orbits Saturn about once every 1.6 Earth days at a distance of 10.5 Saturn diameters. It is tidally locked to Saturn, the same face toward Saturn.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Titan as a body.

Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
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
The Outer Planets 060929 AVSIM Rolf Keibel
Carl Romanik
Tony Dunn		 Scenery 30 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
The Outer Planets 050125 AVSIM 050125 Rolf Keibel
Tony Dunn		 Scenery 26 January 2005 Orbiter 2005-P1
2005 (with P1 patch files) O-F Resources 050216 martins Orbiter Download 16 February 2005 Orbiter 2005
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
Orbiter 2002 O-F Resources 020419 martins Orbiter Download 19 April 2002 Orbiter 2002

See also

Titan at Wikipedia

  • Titan as viewed by Cassini on 16 December 2011.
    From Wikimedia Commons.

  • Titan's orbit (in red)
    from Wikimedia Commons.


Addons related to Titan

The Outer Planets Titan Atmosphere Enhancement Huygens

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