Sao
| Sao | |
|---|---|
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| Designation | |
| Name | Sao |
| Reference body | Neptune |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 2005.41409993155 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 22144472939.455 m |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.142545271601391 |
| Inclination (i) | 52.8126169433761° (0.921754052256456 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 61.6657684801267° (1.07627069575075 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 126.486602002243° (2.2076076645988 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 382.827705463031° (6.68160392818497 radian) |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 18110 m |
| Mass | 1.928×1016 kg |
| SidRotPeriod | 251775648 (7.978 years) |
| SidRotOffset | 0 |
| Obliquity | 0 |
| LAN | 0 |
| Note | *Elements given are from S2002-N2.cfg (outerplanets-00125.zip) |
Sao (Neptune XI, S/2002 N 2) the prograde irregular moons of Neptune. It was discovered by Matthew J Holman et al on 14 August 2002. It is named for one of the Nereids in Greek mythology.
Sao in Orbiter
Sao was released in the add-on uranus-neptune_ii.zip in March 2003.
In outerplanets-050125.zip, Sao was referred to as S2002-N2. In order to use it as Sao, the following changes must be made.
- File:S2002_N2.cfg:
- change the filename to Sao.cfg
- change the name in the comment line in the top line to Sao (S/2002-N2, Neptune)
- line 3, change NAME = to Sao
- Last line, change the name of N2-Station = to Sao-station
- File:N2-Station.cfg
- change the filename to Sao-station.cfg
- Line 3, change the name to Sao-Station
- File:Neptune_S2002N2.scn
- change the filename to Neptune_S2002-N2.scn
- Line 2, change S2002-N2 Station to Sao Station
- Find the GL-01 ship, change STATUS Landed S2002-N2 to Landed Sao
- Change BASE N2-Station:1 to Sao-Station:1
- File:S2002-N2.tex, change filename to Sao.tex
- File:S2002-N2M.BMP, change filename to SaoM.BMP
| 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-Neptune II | AVSIM | Rolf B Keibel | Scenery | 6 March 2003 | |||
See also
Gallery
Sao in Orbiter 2002P3 from uranus-neptune_ii.zip 
Sao from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1 
Animation of three images of Sao.
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