Cressida
| Cressida | |
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| Designation | |
| Name | Cressida |
| Reference body | Uranus |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 1979.999 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 61770000 m |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.0004 |
| Inclination (i) | 0.006° (0.00010472 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 99.40244788° (1.7349 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 143.6347897° (2.5069 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 17.43510571° (0.3043 radian) |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 32970 m |
| Mass | 2.262×1016 kg |
| SidRotPeriod | 40089.6 (11.136 hours) |
| SidRotOffset | 0 |
| Obliquity | 1.4346 |
| LAN | 2.9255 |
| Note | *Elements given are from Cressida.cfg (uranus.zip) |
Cressida (Uranus IX, S/1986 U 3) is one of the inner satellites of Uranus. It was discovered by the Voyager2 spacecraft in January 1986. It is named after the Trojan daughter of Calchas in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.
Portia in Orbiter
Cressida was first introduced into Orbiter with the add-on uranus.zip in November 2002.
| Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranus | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel | Scenery | 5 November 2002 | |||
Portia from uranus.zip in Orbiter 2002 
Cressida imaged by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986,
from Wikimedia Commons
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