Caliban

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Caliban
Caliban-outerplanets050125zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg
Caliban from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1
Designation
Name Caliban
Reference body Uranus
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2005.41409993155
Semimajor axis (a) 7164478876.60996 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.0793575290769132
Inclination (i) 139.9119762°
(2.44192464679587 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 175.1715031°
(3.05731948485909 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 514.334634°
(8.97332173031932 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 688.8043086°
(12.0219030862548 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 48970 m
Mass 4.769×1016 kg
SidRotPeriod 50064480 (579.45 days)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliquity 1.4346
LAN 2.9255
Note *Elements given are from Caliban.cfg (outerplanets-050125.zip)

Caliban (Uranus XVI, S/1997 U 1) is one of the outer retrograde irregular satellites of Uranus. It was discovered at the Palomar Observatory on 6 September 1997. It is named after monster character in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Caliban in Orbiter

Caliban was first introduced into Orbiter with the add-on uranus.zip in November 2002.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Caliban
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
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