Puck
| Puck | |
|---|---|
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| Designation | |
| Name | Puck |
| Reference body | Uranus |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 2005.41409993155 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 86044222.8938117 m |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.000545371474587043 |
| Inclination (i) | 97.48975619° (1.70151723246746 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 167.8684915° (2.92985788728904 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 335.6765205° (5.85866050491974 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 686.0603536° (11.9740120369724 radian) |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 77180 m |
| Mass | 9.766×1016 kg |
| SidRotPeriod | 53913.6 (14.976 hours) |
| SidRotOffset | 0 |
| Obliquity | 1.4346 |
| LAN | 2.9255 |
| Note | *Elements given are from Puck.cfg (outerplanets-050125.zip) |
Puck (Uranus XV, S/1985 U 1) is the sixth largest moon of Uranus and its orbit lies between Uranus' rings and Miranda. It was discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft on 30 December 1985. The name comes from a character from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Puck in Orbiter
Puck was first introduced into Orbiter with the add-on uranus.zip in November 2002.
| Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Outer Planets 050125 | AVSIM | 050125 | Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn |
Scenery | 26 January 2005 | Orbiter 2005-P1 | |
| Uranus Minor Moons | O-F Resources | 2004-12-14 | Nighthawke | Scenery | 14 December 2004 | ||
| Uranus | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel | Scenery | 5 November 2002 | |||
Puck from uranus.zip in Orbiter 2002 
Puck from UranusMoons.zip in Orbiter 2003P2 
Puck from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1 
Puck as seen by Voyager 2 in Orbiter 2002
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