Pan

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Pan
Pan-outerplanets050125zip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg
Pan from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1
Designation
Name Pan
Reference body Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2005.41409993155
Semimajor axis (a) 134261832.718672 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.00505752606621368
Inclination (i) 28.06108842°
(0.489758384589074 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 169.6115131°
(2.95853402331633 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 320.3950366°
(5.59294829487164 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 680.4523323°
(11.8761336020512 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 9960 m
Mass 1.2×1015 kg
SidRotPeriod 49680 seconds (13.8 hours)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliquity 0.4895
LAN 6.09808
Note *Elements given are from Pan.cfg (outerplanets-050125.zip)

Pan is the innermost moon of Saturn. It orbits inside of the Encke Gap in Saturn's w:Rings of Saturn#A Ring acting as a shepherd keeping the Encke Gap clear. Pan was imaged by Voyager 2 during its flyby of Saturn in 1981. Pan was predicted by Jeffrey N Cuzzi and Jeffrey D Scargle in 1985 based on the characteristics of the gap, then was found in a number of images.

Pan in Orbiter[edit]

Pan was introduced to Orbiter with the release of isaturn.zip in 2002.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Pan
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
The Outer Planets 050125 AVSIM 050125 Rolf Keibel
Tony Dunn		 Scenery 26 January 2005 Orbiter 2005-P1
Inner Moons of Saturn AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 15 October 2002

See also[edit]

Pan at Wikipedia

Gallery[edit]

  • Pan from isaturn.zip in Orbiter 2002
  • Pan from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1
  • Pan as seen by Cassini on 7 March 2017
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