Triton
| Triton | |
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| Triton in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client | |
| Designation | |
| Name | Triton |
| Reference body | Neptune |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 2005.41409993155 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 354765668.747018 m |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.0000177503155008841 |
| Inclination (i) | 129.9699061° (2.26840278949087 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 217.2530657° (3.79178130672011 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 521.6797862° (9.10502991096084 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 829.2581612° (14.4732852612641 radian) |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 1352500 m |
| Mass | 2.14×1022 kg |
| SidRotPeriod | 507759.84 (141.0444 hours) |
| SidRotOffset | 0 |
| Obliquity | 0.51452 |
| LAN | 2.29898 |
| Note | *Elements given are from Triton.cfg (Orbiter 2005P1) |
Triton is the largest moon of Neptune and the seventh largest moon in the Solar System.It the only moon of Neptune that has reached hydrostatic equilibrium and it has a thin atmosphere. Triton's orbit is retrograde.
Triton was discovered by William Lassell on 10 October 1846, just 17 days after Neptune was discovered.
Triton in Orbiter[edit]
Triton was introduced to Orbiter with the add-on uranus-neptune-moons.zip in October 2002. In April 2003 Rolf Keibel released triton.zip with two different atmospheres as options.
| Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 1/4 - v2.0.0 | O-F Resources | v2.0.0 | cristiapi | Scenery | 2 July 2015 | *module only | |
| 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 | |
| Triton | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel | Scenery | 25 April 2003 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Uranus / Neptune Moons Addon | AVSIM | Robert Stettner (Foxtrot) | Scenery | 12 October 2002 | |||
See also[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Triton in uranus-neptune-moons.zip 
Triton in Orbiter 2002P3 
Triton in Orbiter 2002P3 from triton.zip 
Triton in Orbiter 2003P2 
Triton in Orbiter 2005P1 
Triton from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1 
Triton in Orbiter 2006P1 
Triton in Orbiter 2010P1 
Triton in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 
Triton as seen by Voyager 2
from Wikimedia Commons
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