Helene
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Helene from Saturn Moons.zip in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 | |
Designation | |
Name | Helene |
Reference body | Saturn |
Planetary mean orbits | |
Epoch | 2014.39014373717 |
Semimajor axis (a) | 377396988.095 m |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.0000022144511577606 |
Inclination (i) | 0.00114089659349951° (0.0000199124019814 radian) |
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 208.626701831817° (3.6412228545417 radian) |
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 104.242486953736° (1.81937461780992 radian) |
Mean longitude (L) | 108.701283931732° (1.89719530575393 radian) |
Selected physical parameters | |
Mean radius | 1000 m |
Mass | 1.8×1015 kg |
Rotation elements | |
SidRotPeriod | 65657.58530145804 seconds (18.2382 hours) |
SidRotOffset | 0 |
Obliqutiy | 1.09044646015132 |
LAN | 5.24385919090949 |
Note | *Elements given are from Helene.cfg (Saturn Moons.zip) |
Helene (Saturn XII, S/1980 S 6) is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Pierre Laques and Jean Lecacheux in 1980, and was named for Helen of Troy.
Helene is co-orbital with Dione in Dione's Lagrange (L4) point. It is one of four of Saturn's known Trojan moons.
Helene in Orbiter
Helene was introduced to Orbiter in October 2002 from osaturn.zip.
Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
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Saturn Moons | O-F Resources | 2014-09-21 | T1234 | Scenery | 21 September 2014 | ||
The Outer Planets 060929 Base | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel Carl Romanik Tony Dunn |
Scenery | 30 September 2006 | Orbiter 2006-P1 | ||
The Outer Planets 050329 Update | AVSIM | 050329 | Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn Carl Romanik |
Scenery | 30 March 2005 | ||
The Outer Planets 050125 | AVSIM | 050125 | Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn |
Scenery | 26 January 2005 | Orbiter 2005-P1 | |
Moons of Saturn Part 3 | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel | Scenery | 19 October 2002 |
See also
Gallery
Helene with Saturn's cloud surface in the background, taken by Cassini in 2010
from Wikimedia Commons
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