Elara

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Elara
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Elara from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
Designation
Name Elara
Reference body Jupiter
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2006.64779710751
Semimajor axis (a) 11724775187.5364 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.196015925266734
Inclination (i) 29.645438545611°
(0.517410510818551 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 104.680792927026°
(1.827024500175 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 254.812870711218°
(4.44732357036938 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 357.451038993068°
(6.23869754510367 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 38500 m
Mass 7.77×1017 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 2243896 seconds (25.971 days)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliqutiy 0
LAN 0
Note *Elements given are from Elara.cfg (outer_planets-060929-base.zip)

Elara (Jupiter VII) is an irregular prograde and outer moon and of Jupiter. It was discovered on 5 January 1905, the day after the discovery of Himalia, by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory, but it was not named until 1975, then named after Elara one of the lovers of Zeus.

Elara in Orbiter[edit]

Elara was introduced to Orbiter with the release of jupiter-iii.zip in October 2002.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Elara
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
The Outer Planets 060929 Base AVSIM Rolf Keibel
Carl Romanik
Tony Dunn
Scenery 30 September 2006 Orbiter 2006-P1
2005 (with P1 patch files) O-F Resources 050216 martins Orbiter Download 16 February 2005 Orbiter 2005
Jupiter III AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 28 October 2002

See also[edit]

Himalia at Wikipedia

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