Dione

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Dione
DioneScrnshot.jpg
Dione in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name Dione
Reference body Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2005.41409993155
Semimajor axis (a) 377653774.68302 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.00273184023667722
Inclination (i) 27.94971857°
(0.489579654469251 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 168.8079837°
(2.95959510683463 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 360.9692475°
(8.8707932193739 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 448.7342263°
(14.9544021900058 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 5600 km
Mass 1.05×1021 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 236530 seconds (65.7 hours)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliqutiy 0.4895
LAN 6.09808
Note *Elements given are from Dione.cfg (Orbiter 2005)

Dione is the fourth-largest moon of Saturn, discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini on 30 March 1684, but the name was applied by John Herschel in 1847, and that one stuck.

Dione in Orbiter

Dione was introduced to Orbiter with the release of Orbiter 2002 on 19 April 2002, and has been a part since.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Dione as a body.

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

Dione at Wikipedia

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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