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.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Tethys
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

Tethys at Wikipedia

Gallery

  • Tethys in Orbiter 2002
  • Tethys in Orbiter 2002P3
  • Tethys in Orbiter 2003P2
  • Tethys as seen by the Cassini spacecraft on 11 April 2015
    from Wikimedia Commons
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