Helene

Mimas

*Helene from Saturn Moons.zip* in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9**
Designation
Name	Helene
Reference body	Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2014.39014373717
Semimajor axis (a)	377396988.095 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.0000022144511577606
Inclination (i)	0.00114089659349951° (0.0000199124019814 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	208.626701831817° (3.6412228545417 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	104.242486953736° (1.81937461780992 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	108.701283931732° (1.89719530575393 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	1000 m
Mass	1.8×10¹⁵ kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod	65657.58530145804 seconds (18.2382 hours)
SidRotOffset	0
Obliqutiy	1.09044646015132
LAN	5.24385919090949
Note	*Elements given are from Helene.cfg (Saturn Moons.zip)

Helene (Saturn XII, S/1980 S 6) is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Pierre Laques and Jean Lecacheux in 1980, and was named for Helen of Troy.

Helene is co-orbital with Dione in Dione's Lagrange (L4) point. It is one of four of Saturn's known Trojan moons.

Helene in Orbiter[edit]

Helene was introduced to Orbiter in October 2002 from osaturn.zip.

Add-on	Source	Version	Author	Type	Release Date	Compatibility
Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Helene
Saturn Moons	O-F Resources	2014-09-21	T1234	Scenery	21 September 2014
The Outer Planets 060929 Base	AVSIM		Rolf Keibel Carl Romanik Tony Dunn	Scenery	30 September 2006	Orbiter 2006-P1
The Outer Planets 050329 Update	AVSIM	050329	Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn Carl Romanik	Scenery	30 March 2005
The Outer Planets 050125	AVSIM	050125	Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn	Scenery	26 January 2005	Orbiter 2005-P1
Moons of Saturn Part 3	AVSIM		Rolf Keibel	Scenery	19 October 2002

Gallery[edit]

Helene from osaturn.zip in Orbiter 2002
Helene from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1
Helene from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
Helene from Saturn Moons.zip in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9
Helene with Saturn's cloud surface in the background, taken by Cassini in 2010
from Wikimedia Commons

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