Naiad
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| Naiad | |
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| Designation | |
| Name | Naiad |
| Reference body | Neptune |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 2006.64779710751 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 48245524.2397345 m |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.00135055274578586 |
| Inclination (i) | 23.8372032869836° (0.416037681825079 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 50.5596766526113° (0.882432826331772 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 76.9611480638155° (1.34322542982844 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 373.073427931938° (6.5113596691141 radian) |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 29000 m |
| Mass | 1.994×1016 kg |
| SidRotPeriod | 25401.6 (7.056 hours) |
| SidRotOffset | 0 |
| Obliquity | 0.5146 |
| LAN | 3.8594 |
| Note | *Elements given are from Naiad.cfg (outer_planets-060929-base.zip) |
Naiad (Neptune III, S/1999 N 6) is innermost known moons of Neptune. It was discovered Voyager 2 in September 1989. It is named after the naiads of Greek mythology.
Naiad in Orbiter
Naiad was first introduced into Orbiter with the add-on neptune.zip in November 2002.
| 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 | ||
| The Outer Planets 050329 Update | AVSIM | 050329 | Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn Carl Romanik |
Scenery | 30 March 2005 | ||
| The Outer Planets 050125 | AVSIM | 050125 | Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn |
Scenery | 26 January 2005 | Orbiter 2005-P1 | |
| Neptune Minor Moons | O-F Resources | 2004-12-14 | Nighthawke | Scenery | 14 December 2004 | ||
| Neptune | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel | Scenery | 7 November 2002 | |||
Naiad from neptune.zip in Orbiter 2002 
Naiad from NeptuneMoons.zip in Orbiter 2003P2 
Naiad from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1 
Naiad from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1 
Voyager 2 discovery image of Naiad in 1989,
Smearing due to spacecraft motion,
from Wikimedia Commons
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