Deimos
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| Deimos in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client | |
| Designation | |
| Name | Deimos |
| Reference body | Mars |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 2006.49555099247 (2006 June 29.87) |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 23457055.8 m |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.0005387693009765 |
| Inclination (i) | 27.40921019° (0.478380963113499 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 80.97357149° (1.4132554296303) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 386.1935449° (6.74034890913685 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 407.0245274° (7.1039181402634 radian) |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 6500 m |
| Mass | 1.8×1015 kg |
| Rotation and precession parameters | |
| Sidereal rotation period | 109074.8814 sec (29.74 hrs) |
| Sidereal rotation offset | 3.599771213 sec |
| Obliquity | 0.03115720981 radian (1.785°) |
| LAN MJD | 51544.5 (1 January 2000) |
| LAN | 12.394° (0.2163181082 radians) |
| Note | *Elements given are from Deimos.cfg (2016) |
Deimos is the smaller and outermost moon of Mars. Deimos was discovered by Asaph Hall at the United States Naval Observatory on 12 August 1877. Henry Madan suggested the name Deimos from Greek mythology.
Deimos in Orbiter
Deimos has been a part of Orbiter since at least the release of Orbiter 2001.
It is a sort of potato shaped body about 16 × 12 × 10 km in size, and is tidally locked so that the same side always faces Mars. It's about 2345 km from Mars in an almost circular orbit, almost circular orbit inclined to the ecliptic about 27°. Escape speed is about 5.6 m/s so that one could almost jump and leave the body. The gravity field at the surface is only about 4% from Deimos, about 3% from the Sun and the remainder from Mars. Its field disappears a bit short of 11 km from the surface.
List of Orbiter versions which include Deimos.
| Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
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| Orbiter 2001 | O-F Resources | 010503 | martins | Orbiter Download | 3 May 2001 | Orbiter 2001 |
Gallery
Deimos in Orbiter 2001
See also
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