Dione
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Dione | |
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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) | 28.05084794° (0.489579654469251 radian) |
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 169.5723087° (2.95959510683463 radian) |
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 5080.2590124° (8.8707932193739 radian) |
Mean longitude (L) | 856.824114° (14.954401900058 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 (Orbiter 2005P1) |
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[edit]
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 |
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2005 (with P1 patch files) | O-F Resources | 050216 | martins | Orbiter Download | 16 February 2005 | Orbiter 2005 | |
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[edit]
Dione as seen by the Cassini spacecraft on 8 February 2008
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