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Pan
Pan-MinorMoonsJupiterSaturnzip-Orbiter2010P1.jpg
Pan from Minor Moons Jupiter Saturn.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
Designation
Name Pan
Reference body Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2014.39014373717
Semimajor axis (a) 133409988.095 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.0000000144511578
Inclination (i) 0.000007105811891727°
(0.0000001240198135 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 2000 m
Mass 2.8×1015 kg
SidRotPeriod 65657.58530145804 seconds (18.2382 hours)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliquity 1.09044646015132
LAN 5.24385919090949
Note *Elements given are from Pan.cfg (Minor Moons Jupiter Saturn.zip)

Pan is the innermost moon of Saturn. It orbits inside of the Encke Gap in Saturn's w:Rings of Saturn#A Ring acting as a shepherd keeping the Encke Gap clear. Pan was imaged by Voyager 2 during its flyby of Saturn in 1981. Pan was predicted by Jeffrey N Cuzzi and Jeffrey D Scargle in 1985 based on the characteristics of the gap, then was found in a number of images.

Pan in Orbiter

Pan was introduced to Orbiter with the release of isaturn.zip in 2002.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Pan
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Minor moons Jupiter Saturn O-F Resources 2014-07-12 T1234 Scenery 12 July 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
Inner Moons of Saturn AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 15 October 2002

See also

Pan at Wikipedia

Gallery

  • Pan from isaturn.zip in Orbiter 2002
  • Pan from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1
  • Pan from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
  • Pan from Minor Moons Jupiter Saturn.zip in Orbiter 2010P1
  • Pan as seen by Cassini on 7 March 2017
    from Wikimedia Commons
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