Amalthea

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Amalthea
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Amalthea from jupiter_i.zip in Orbiter 2002
Designation
Name Amalthea
Reference body Jupiter
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 1976.606435
Semimajor axis (a) 181300000 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.0003
Inclination (i) 0.4°
(0.0069813 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 112.3003008°
(1.96001 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 60.00014031°
(1.0472 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 36.90421158°
(0.6441 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 101000 m
Mass 7.17×1018 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 43042.7 seconds (11.9563 hours)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliqutiy 0
LAN 0
Note *Elements given are from Amalthea.cfg (jupiter_i.zip)


Amalthea (Jupiter V) is an inner irregular moon of Jupiter, measuring 250 km across and is noted for its red color. Amalthea was discovered by E E Bernard on 9 September 1892, named after a nymph in Greek mythology. This was the last moon to be discovered by direct observation. All others after were discovered photographically or digital imaging.

Amalthea in Orbiter[edit]

Amalthea was introduced to Orbiter with the add-on jupiter_i.zip released in October 2002.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Amalthea
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
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
Jupiter I AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 25 October 2002

See also[edit]

Amalthea at Wikipedia

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