Tethys

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Tethys
Tethys.jpg
Tethys with Saturn in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name Tethys
Reference body Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2005.41409993155
Semimajor axis (a) 294982634.56239 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.00107532665445937
Inclination (i) 26.97242049°
(0.470757544726676 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 169.1532561°
(2.95228125917919 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 496.8246271°
(8.67122554777855 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 502.6123366°
(8.77224013508484 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 530000 km
Mass 6.22×1020 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 163106.1062 seconds (45.3 hours)
SidRotOffset 4.370713573
Obliqutiy 0.01904221653
LAN 4.539459438
Note *Elements given are from Tethys.cfg (Orbiter 2016)

Tethys is the 5th largest moon of Saturn, discovered on 11 March 1684 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini, who named it Saturn IV, but John Hershel referred to it at Tethys, and that is the name that stuck.

Tethys in Orbiter

Tethys was introduced to Orbiter with the release of Orbiter 2002, but was also included in a number of add-ons as indicated in the above tables.

Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Orbiter core package download
(The actual download page for Orbiter 2016)		 Orbiter download page Orbiter 2016 martins Orbiter download 2 May 2016 Orbiter 2016
Celestial Bodies Motion - v2.0.1 - UPDATE for Saturn's moons O-F Resources v2.0.1 cristiapi Scenery 29 July 2015
Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 1/4 - v2.0.0 O-F Resources v2.0.0 cristiapi Scenery 2 July 2015
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
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 050329 Update AVSIM 050329 Rolf Keibel
Tony Dunn
Carl Romanik		 Scenery 30 March 2005
The Outer Planets 050329 Update O-F Resources 050329 VF2_Rolf Scenery 29 March 2005
2005 (with P1 patch files) O-F Resources 050216 martins Orbiter Download 16 February 2005 Orbiter 2005
The Outer Planets 050125 AVSIM 050125 Rolf Keibel
Tony Dunn		 Scenery 26 January 2005 Orbiter 2005-P1
Orbiter 2003-P2 O-F Resources 031217 martins Orbiter Download 17 December 2003 Orbiter 2003-P2
Orbiter 2002-P1, with subsequent patches O-F Resources 021202
021206
021217
030303		 martins Orbiter Download 2 December 2002 Orbiter 2002-P1
Moons of Saturn Part 3 AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 19 October 2002
Orbiter 2002 O-F Resources 020419 martins Orbiter Download 19 April 2002 Orbiter 2002

See also

Tethys at Wikipedia

Saturn's natural satellites

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Named Satellites: Aegaeon | Aegir | Albiorix | Alvaldi | Angrboda | Anthe | Atlas | Bebhionn | Beli | Bergelmir | Bestia | 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 S7 | S/2004 S12 | S/2004 S13 | S/2004 S17 | S/2004 S21 | S/2004 S24 | S/2004 S26 | S/2004 S28 | S/2004 S29 | S/2004 S31 | S/2004 S34 | S/2004 S36 | S/2004 S37 | S/2004 S39 | S/2004 S40 | S/2004 S41 | S/2004 S42 | S/2004 S43 | S/2004 S44 | S/2004 S45 | S/2004 S46 | S/2004 S47 | S/2004 S48 | S/2004 S49 | S/2004 S50 | S/2004 S51 | S/2004 S52 | S/2004 S53 | S/2005 S4 | S/2005 S5 | S/2006 S1 | S/2006 S3 | S/2006 S9 | S/2006 S10 | S/2006 S11 | S/2006 S12 | S/2006 S13 | S/2006 S14 | S/2006 S15 | S/2006 S16 | S/2006 S17 | S/2006 S18 | S/2006 S19 | S/2006 S20 | S/2007 S2 | S/2007 S3 | S/2007 S5 | S/2007 S6 | S/2007 S8 | S/2007 S8 | S/2007 S9 | S/2009 S1 | S/2019 S1 | S/2019 S2 | S/2019 S3 | S/2019 S4 | S/2019 S5 | S/2019 S6 | S/2019 S7 | S/2019 S8 | S/2019 S9 | S/2019 S10 | S/2019 S11 | S/2019 S12 | S/2019 S13 | S/2019 S14 | S/2019 S15 | S/2019 S16 | S/2019 S17 | S/2019 S18 | S/2019 S19 | S/2019 S20 | S/2019 S21 | S/2020 S1 | S/2020 S2 | S/2020 S3 | S/2020 S4 | S/2020 S5 | S/2020 S6 | S/2020 S7 | S/2020 S8 | S/2020 S9 | S/2020 S10

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