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 1999
Semimajor axis (a) 377400000 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.002
Inclination (i) 0.0019996227°
(0.0000349 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 57.74268659° (1.0078 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 231.7385098°
(4.0446 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 340.9442656°
(5.9506 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 560000 m
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 (osaturn.zip)

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.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Dione
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
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
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

  • Dione in Orbiter 2002
  • Dione in Orbiter 2002P3
  • Dione in Orbiter 2003P2
  • Dione as seen by the Cassini spacecraft on 8 February 2008
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