Bestla

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Hati
Bestla-outerplanets060929basezip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg
Bestla from outer_planets-0609029-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
Designation
Name Bestla
Reference body Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2006.65409939286
Semimajor axis (a) 20537891552.9437
Eccentricity (e) 0.733142247654212
Inclination (i) 147.157539001412°
(2.5683835747066 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 290.875515865076°
(5.07673546528257 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 372.379578827493°
(6.49924971772952 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 717.439364530113°
(12.5216790944663 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 1700 m
Mass 2.4×1013 kg
SidRotPeriod 93620448 (2.9667 years)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliquity 0
LAN 0
Note *Elements given are from S2004-S18.cfg (outer_planets-060929-base.zip)

Bestla (Saturn XXXIX, S/2004 S 18) is a small, irregular retrograde satellite of Saturn, discovered from images taken from December 2004 to March 2005 by Scott Sheppard and his team. It was named after Bestla, a Jötunn in Norse mythology.

Bestla in Orbiter

Bestla was introduced to Orbiter with the release of the add-on outer_planets-060929-base.zip as S/2004 S 14.

In outer_planets-060929-base.zip, Hati was referred to as S2004-S18. In order to use it as Bestla, the following changes must be made.

  • File:S2004_S18.cfg:
    • change the filename to Bestla.cfg
    • change the name in the comment line in the top line to Bestla (S/2004-S18, Saturn)
    • line 3, change NAME = to Bestla
    • Last line, change the name of S18-Station = to Bestla-station
  • File:S18-Station.cfg
    • change the filename to Bestla-station.cfg
    • Line 3, change the name to Bestla-Station
  • File:Saturn_S2004S18.scn
    • change the filename to Saturn-Bestla.scn
    • Line 2, change S2004-S18 Station to Bestla Station
    • Find the GL-01 ship, change STATUS Landed S2004-S18 to Landed Bestla
    • Change BASE S18-Station:1 to Bestla-Station:1
  • File:S2004-S18.tex, change filename to Bestla.tex
  • File:S2004-S18M.BMP, change filename to BestlaM.BMP
Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Bestla
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
The Outer Planets 060929 Base AVSIM Rolf Keibel
Carl Romanik
Tony Dunn		 Scenery 30 September 2006 Orbiter 2006-P1

See also

Bestla at Wikipedia

Gallery

  • Bestla from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
  • Image of Bestla taken by Cassins in September 2015
Saturn's natural satellites

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Named Satellites::

Aegaeon | Aegir | Albiorix | Alvaldi | Angrboda | Anthe | Atlas | Bebhionn | Beli | Bergelmir | Bestla | Calypso | Daphnis | Dione | Eggther | Enceladus | Epimetheus | Erriapus | Farbauti | Fenrir | Fornjot | Geirrod | Gerd | Greip | Gridr | Gunnlod | Hati | Helene | Hyperion | Hyrrokkin | Iapetus | Ijiraq | Janus | Jarnsaxa | Kari | Kiviuq | Loge | Methone | Mimas | Mundilfari | Narvi | Paaliaq | Pallene | Pan | Pandora | Phoebe | Polydeuces | Prometheus | Rhea | Siarnaq | Skathi | Skoll | Skrymir | Surtur | Suttungr | Tarqeq | Tarvos | Telesto | Tethys | Thiazzi | Thrymr | Titan | Ymir

Numbered Satellites:

S/2004 S 7 | S/2004 S 12 | S/2004 S 13 | S/2004 S 17 | S/2004 S 21 | S/2004 S 24 | S/2004 S 26 | S/2004 S 28 | S/2004 S 29 | S/2004 S 31 | S/2004 S 34 | S/2004 S 36 | S/2004 S 37 | S/2004 S 39 | S/2004 S 40 | S/2004 S 41 | S/2004 S 42 | S/2004 S 43 | S/2004 S 44 | S/2004 S 45 | S/2004 S 46 | S/2004 S 47 | S/2004 S 48 | S/2004 S 49 | S/2004 S 50 | S/2004 S 51 | S/2004 S 52 | S/2004 S 53 | S/2005 S 4 | S/2005 S 5 | S/2006 S 1 | S/2006 S 3 | S/2006 S 9 | S/2006 S 10 | S/2006 S 11 | S/2006 S 12 | S/2006 S 13 | S/2006 S 14 | S/2006 S 15 | S/2006 S 16 | S/2006 S 17 | S/2006 S 18 | S/2006 S 19 | S/2006 S 20 | S/2007 S 2 | S/2007 S 3 | S/2007 S 5 | S/2007 S 6 | S/2007 S 8 | S/2007 S 9 | S/2009 S 1 | S/2019 S 1 | S/2019 S 2 | S/2019 S 3 | S/2019 S 4 | S/2019 S 5 | S/2019 S 6 | S/2019 S 7 | S/2019 S 8 | S/2019 S 9 | S/2019 S 10 | S/2019 S 11 | S/2019 S 12 | S/2019 S 13 | S/2019 S 14 | S/2019 S 15 | S/2019 S 16 | S/2019 S 17 | S/2019 S 18 | S/2019 S 19 | S/2019 S 20 | S/2019 S 21 | S/2020 S 1 | S/2020 S 2 | S/2020 S 3 | S/2020 S 4 | S/2020 S 5 | S/2020 S 6 | S/2020 S 7 | S/2020 S 8 | S/2020 S 9 | S/2020 S 10

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