Ganymede

Ganymede

Ganymede in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name	Ganymede
Reference body	Jupiter
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	J2000 (1 January 2000)
Semimajor axis (a)	1.0704×10⁹ km
Eccentricity (e)	0.0016
Inclination (i)	0.18598° (0.003246 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	119.8409983° (2.09162 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	188.8297° (3.2957 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	121.203492° (2.1154 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	2634000 km
Mass	1.48×10²³ kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod	618192 seconds (7.155 hours)
SidRotOffset	0
Obliqutiy	0
LAN	0
Note	*Elements given are from Ganymede.cfg (2002)

Ganymede is one of Jupiter's four Galilean Moons, the third from Jupiter. It is also the largest Natural Satellite in the Solar System and its diameter is larger than Mercury's by about 8%.

Ganymede in Orbiter

Ganymede was introduced to Orbiter in the Orbiter 2002 release. It is modeled as a sphere 2634 km in radius.

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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Central star	Sun (Sol)
Planets	Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
Natural satellites	Moon - Phobos - Deimos - Io - Europa - Ganymede - Titan - more...
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