Tethys

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Tethys
Tethys.jpg
Tethys with Saturn in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name Tethys
Reference body Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2005.41409993155
Semimajor axis (a) 294982634.56239 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.00107532665445937
Inclination (i) 26.97242049°
(0.470757544726676 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 169.1532561°
(2.95228125917919 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 496.8246271°
(8.67122554777855 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 502.6123366°
(8.77224013508484 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 530000 km
Mass 6.22×1020 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 163129 seconds (45.3136 hours)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliqutiy 0.4895
LAN 6.09808
Note *Elements given are from Tethys.cfg (Orbiter 2005P1)

Tethys is the 5th largest moon of Saturn, discovered on 11 March 1684 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini, who named it Saturn IV, but John Hershel referred to it at Tethys, and that is the name that stuck.

Tethys in Orbiter[edit]

Tethys was introduced to Orbiter with the release of Orbiter 2002, but was also included in a number of add-ons as indicated in the above tables.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Tethys
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Orbiter 2016 - torrent files O-F Resources 2016 martins Orbiter Download 23 August 2016 Orbiter 2016
Orbiter 2016 Core - MSI / EXE edition O-F Resources 2016 martins Orbiter Download 23 August 2016 Orbiter 2016
Orbiter 2016 Core - ZIP edition O-F Resources 2016 martins Orbiter download 23 August 2016 Orbiter 2016
Orbiter core package download
(The actual download page for Orbiter 2016)		 Orbiter download page Orbiter 2016 martins Orbiter download 23 August 2016 Orbiter 2016
Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 1/4 - v2.0.0 O-F Resources v2.0.0 cristiapi Scenery 2 July 2015 *module only
Orbiter 2010-P1 O-F Resources 100830 martins Orbiter Download 30 August 2010 Orbiter 2010-P1
Orbiter 2010 O-F Resources 100606 martins Orbiter Download 5 June 2010 Orbiter 2010
Orbiter 2006-P1 O-F Resources 060929 martins Orbiter Download 29 September 2006 Orbiter 2006-P1
Orbiter 2006 O-F Resources 060504 martins Orbiter Download 4 May 2006 Orbiter 2006
The Outer Planets 050329 Update AVSIM 050329 Rolf Keibel
Tony Dunn
Carl Romanik		 Scenery 30 March 2005
The Outer Planets 050223 Update O-F Resources 2005-02-23 VF2_Rolf Scenery 23 February 2005
The Outer Planets 050125 AVSIM 050125 Rolf Keibel
Tony Dunn		 Scenery 26 January 2005 Orbiter 2005-P1
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]

Tethys at Wikipedia

Gallery[edit]

  • Tethys in Orbiter 2002
  • Tethys in Orbiter 2002P3
  • Tethys in Orbiter 2003P2
  • Tethys in Orbiter 2005P1
  • Tethys from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1
  • Tethys in Orbiter 2006P1
  • Tethys in Orbiter 2010P1
  • Tethys in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9
  • Tethys as seen by the Cassini spacecraft on 11 April 2015
    from Wikimedia Commons
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