Iocaste

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Iocaste
Iocaste-outerplanets060929basezip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg
Iocaste from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
Designation
Name Iocaste
Reference body Jupiter
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2006.64779710751
Semimajor axis (a) 21560746334.6692 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.253760111914859
Inclination (i) 149.339866422557°
(2.60647237356214 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 290.63500389189°
(5.07253773946001 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 389.307313207947°
(6.79469441757148 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 532.235254593511°
(9.28925758784704 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 2580 m
Mass 3.891×1015 kg
SidRotPeriod 54560736 sec (631.49 days)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliquity 0
LAN 0
Note *Elements given are from Iocaste.cfg (outer_planets-060929-base.zip)

Iocaste (Jupiter XVIV S/1999 J 3) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. Discovered by Scott Sheppard and his team on 23 November 2000 at the Mauna Kea Observatory, it was named after Jocasta, wife and mother of Oedipus.

Iocaste in Orbiter

Iocaste was introduced to Orbiter by the add-on outerplanets-050125.zip in January 2005.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Iocaste
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
The Outer Planets 060929 Base AVSIM Rolf Keibel
Carl Romanik
Tony Dunn		 Scenery 30 September 2006 Orbiter 2006-P1
The Outer Planets 050125 AVSIM 050125 Rolf Keibel
Tony Dunn		 Scenery 26 January 2005 Orbiter 2005-P1

See also

Iocaste at Wikipedia

Gallery

  • Iocaste from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1
  • Iocaste from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
  • Animation of Iocaste images by David Hewitt in December 2001
    from Wikimedia Commons
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Adrastea | Aitne | Amalthea | Ananke | Aoede | Arche | Autonoe | Callirrhoe | Callisto | Carme | Carpo | Chaldene | Cyllene | Dia | Eirene | Elara | Erinome | Ersa | Euanthe | Eukelade | Eupheme | Euporie | Europa | Eurydome | Ganymede | Harpalyke | Hegemone | Helike | Hermippe | Herse | Himalia | Io | Iocaste | Isonoe | Kale | Kallichore | Kalyke | Kore | Leda | Lysithea | Megaclite | Metis | Mneme | Orthosie | Pandia | Pasiphae | Pasithee | Philophrosyne | Praxidike | Sinope | Sponde | Taygete | Thebe | Thelxinoe | Themisto | Thyone | Valetudo

Numbered Satellites:

S/2003 J 2 | S/2003 J 4 | S/2003 J 9 | S/2003 J 10 | S/2003 J 12 | S/2003 J 16 | S/2003 J 18 | S/2003 J 19 | S/2003 J 23 | S/2003 J 24 |S/2010 J 1 | S/2010 J 2 | S/2011 J 1 | S/2011 J 2 S/2011 J 3 | S/2016 J 1 | S/2016 J 3 | S/2016 J 4 | S/2017 J 1 | S/2017 J 2 | S/2017 J 3 | S/2017 J 5 | S/2017 J 6 | S/2017 J 7 | S/2017 J 8 | S/2017 J 9 | S/2018 J 2 |S/2018 J 3 | S/2018 J 4 | S/2021 J 1 S/2021 J 2 | S/2021 J 3 | S/2021 J 4 | S/2021 J 5 | S/2021 J 6 | S/2022 J 1 | S/2022 J 2 | S/2022 J 3

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