Nereid

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Nereid
Nereid-Orbiter2010P1-Orbiter2010P1.jpg
Nereid in Orbiter 2010P1
Designation
Name Nereid
Reference body Neptune
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2006.49555099247
Semimajor axis (a) 5515375933.0092 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.747077257017379
Inclination (i) 5.0672309310494°
(0.08.85104685561022 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 320.104934616101°
(5.58688506093214 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 616.561942032962°
(10.7610359309656 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 684.0532414137°
(11.9389813216087 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 165000 m
Mass 1.317×1019 kg
Note *Elements given are from Nereid.cfg (Orbiter2010P1.zip)


Nereid is the third largest moon of Neptune and the largest irregular moon in the Solar system. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 1 May 1949.

Nereid in Orbiter

Nereid was introduced to Orbiter with the release of uranus-neptune-moons.zip in Octiber 2002.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Io
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Orbiter 2010-P1 O-F Resources 100830 martins Orbiter Download 30 August 2010 Orbiter 2010-P1
Orbiter 2010 O-F Resources 100606 martins Orbiter Download 5 June 2010 Orbiter 2010
The Outer Planets 060929 Base AVSIM Rolf Keibel
Carl Romanik
Tony Dunn
Scenery 30 September 2006 Orbiter 2006-P1
Orbiter 2006-P1 O-F Resources 060929 martins Orbiter Download 29 September 2006 Orbiter 2006-P1
Orbiter 2006 O-F Resources 060504 martins Orbiter Download 4 May 2006 Orbiter 2006
The Outer Planets 050125 AVSIM 050125 Rolf Keibel
Tony Dunn
Scenery 26 January 2005 Orbiter 2005-P1
2005 (with P1 patch files) O-F Resources 050216 martins Orbiter Download 16 February 2005 Orbiter 2005
Orbiter 2003-P2 O-F Resources 031217 martins Orbiter Download 17 December 2003 Orbiter 2003-P2
Orbiter 2003-P1 O-F Resources 031105 martins Orbiter Download 5 November 2003
Uranus / Neptune Moons Addon AVSIM Robert Stettner (Foxtrot) Scenery 12 October 2002

See also

Nereid at Wikipedia

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S/2021 N 1

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