Metis

This natural satellite related article is a stub. You can help Orbiterwiki by expanding it. Metis Metis from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1 in Orbiter 2002 Designation Name Metis Reference body Jupiter Planetary mean orbits Epoch 2005.41409993155 Semimajor axis (a) 128881514.507347 m Eccentricity (e) 0.00582646797172312 Inclination (i) 2.221609221° (0.0387743955929141 radian) Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 337.3492694° (5.8878554796496 radian) Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 673.7576711° (11.7592897219214 radian) Mean longitude (L) 674.9291143° (11.7797352627651 radian) Selected physical parameters Mean radius 19500 m Mass 9.56×1016 kg Rotation elements SidRotPeriod 25488 seconds (7.08 hours) SidRotOffset 0 Obliqutiy 0 LAN 0 Note *Elements given are from Metis.cfg (outerplanets-050125.zip) Metis (Jupiter XVI, S/1979 J 3) is the innermost known moon of Jupiter, discovered by Stephen P Synnott from images by Voyager 1 in 1979. It was named after Metis the first wife of Zeus in Greek mythology. Metis in Orbiter Metis was first introduced to Orbiter with the release of jupiter_ii.zip in October 2002. Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Metis Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article The Outer Planets 050329 Update AVSIM 050329 Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn Carl Romanik Scenery 30 March 2005 The Outer Planets 050223 Update O-F Resources 2005-02-23 VF2_Rolf Scenery 23 February 2005 The Outer Planets 050125 AVSIM 050125 Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn Scenery 26 January 2005 Orbiter 2005-P1 Jupiter II AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 26 October 2002 See also Metis at Wikipedia Gallery Metis from jupiter_ii.zip in Orbiter 2002 Metis from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1 Discovery image by Voyager 1 on 4 March 1979, from Wikimedia Commons Metis as seen by the Galileo spacecraft from Wikimedia Commons Jupiter's natural satellites Named Satellites: 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 The Solar System Central star Sun (Sol) Planets Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune Natural satellites Moon - Phobos - Deimos - Io - Europa - Ganymede - Titan - more... Add-ons Planets - Dwarf Planets - Small objects - Natural satellites - Alternative star systems