Helike
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| Helike | |
|---|---|
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| Designation | |
| Name | Helike |
| Reference body | Jupiter |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 2006.64792344792 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 20586024858.4769 m |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.136171625367138 |
| Inclination (i) | 165.79686109904° (2.70151740772967 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 116.139789326444° (2.02702171631902 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 431.53673487815° (7.53173686692957 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 443.209866415154° (7.73547144626868 radian) |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 2400 m |
| Mass | 1.9×1014 kg |
| SidRotPeriod | 54844128 (634.77 days) |
| SidRotOffset | 0 |
| Obliquity | 0 |
| LAN | 0 |
| Note | *Elements given are from S2003-J6.cfg (outer_planets-060929-base.zip) |
Helike (Jupiter XLV, S/2003 J 6) a retrograde irregular moons of Jupiter. It was discovered by Scott S Shepard et al in 2003. It is named for the daughter of Zeus.
Helike in Orbiter[edit]
Helike was released in the add-on outerplanets-050125.zip in January 2005.
In outerplanets-050125.zip, Helike was referred to as S2003-J6. In order to use it as Helike, the following changes must be made.
- File:S2003_J6.cfg:
- change the filename to Helike.cfg
- change the name in the comment line in the top line to Helike (S/2003-J6, Jupiter)
- line 3, change NAME = to Helike
- Last line, change the name of J6-Station = to Helike-station
- File:J6-Station.cfg
- change the filename to Helike-station.cfg
- Line 3, change the name to Helike-Station
- File:Jupiter_S2003J6.scn
- change the filename to Jupiter_Helike.scn
- Line 2, change S2003-J6 Station to Helike Station
- Find the GL-01 ship, change STATUS Landed S2003-J6 to Landed Helike
- Change BASE J6-Station:1 to Helike-Station:1
- File:S2003-J6.tex, change filename to Helike.tex
- File:S2003-J6M.BMP, change filename to HelikeM.BMP
| 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 050125 | AVSIM | 050125 | Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn |
Scenery | 26 January 2005 | Orbiter 2005-P1 | |
See also[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Helike from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1 
Helike from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1 
Animation of three images of Helike to show orbital motion
from Wikimedia Commons
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