Deimos

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Deimos
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Deimos in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name Deimos
Reference body Mars
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2006.49555099247 (2006 June 29.87)
Semimajor axis (a) 23457055.8 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.0005387693009765
Inclination (i) 27.40921019°
(0.478380963113499 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 80.97357149°
(1.4132554296303)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 386.1935449°
(6.74034890913685 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 407.0245274°
(7.1039181402634 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 6500 m
Mass 1.8×1015 kg
Rotation and precession parameters
Sidereal rotation period 109074.8814 sec (29.74 hrs)
Sidereal rotation offset 3.599771213 sec
Obliquity 0.03115720981 radian (1.785°)
LAN MJD 51544.5 (1 January 2000)
LAN 12.394° (0.2163181082 radians)
Note *Elements given are from Deimos.cfg (2016)

Deimos is the smaller and outermost moon of Mars. Deimos was discovered by Asaph Hall at the United States Naval Observatory on 12 August 1877. Henry Madan suggested the name Deimos from Greek mythology.

Deimos in Orbiter[edit]

Deimos has been a part of Orbiter since at least the release of Orbiter 2001.

It is a sort of potato shaped body about 16 × 12 × 10 km in size, and is tidally locked so that the same side always faces Mars. It's about 2345 km from Mars in an almost circular orbit, almost circular orbit inclined to the ecliptic about 27°. Escape speed is about 5.6 m/s so that one could almost jump and leave the body. The gravity field at the surface is only about 4% from Deimos, about 3% from the Sun and the remainder from Mars. Its field disappears a bit short of 11 km from the surface.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Deimos
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
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
2005 (with P1 patch files) O-F Resources 050216 martins Orbiter Download 16 February 2005 Orbiter 2005
Martian Moons-031217 O-F Resources 031217 Unknown OHM Addon Developer Scenery 23 December 2003
Martian Moons AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 13 October 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
Orbiter 2002 O-F Resources 020419 martins Orbiter Download 19 April 2002 Orbiter 2002
Orbiter 2001 O-F Resources 010503 martins Orbiter Download 3 May 2001 Orbiter 2001

Gallery[edit]

See also[edit]

Deimos at Wikipedia