Lysithea

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Lysithea
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Lysithea from outerplanets-050125 in Orbiter 2002
Designation
Name Lysithea
Reference body Jupiter
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2005.41409993155
Semimajor axis (a) 11686991425.6397 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.127027495576848
Inclination (i) 27.66639738°
(0.482869726502122 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 2.049210123°
(0.0357654637061297 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 66.26358964°
(1.15651781334566 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 186.429°
(251.722111 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 18200 m
Mass 7.77×1016 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 22394880 seconds (259.2 days)
SidRotOffset 0.05
Obliqutiy 0
LAN 0
Note *Elements given are from Lysithea.cfg (outerplanets-050125.zip)

Lysithea (Jupiter X) is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at the Mount Wilson Observatory on 6 July 1938. Lysithea was not named until 1975.

Pasiphae in Orbiter[edit]

Lysithea was introduced to Orbiter with the release of jupiter-iii.zip in October 2002.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Lysithea
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
The Outer Planets 050125 AVSIM 050125 Rolf Keibel
Tony Dunn
Scenery 26 January 2005 Orbiter 2005-P1
Jupiter III AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 28 October 2002

See also[edit]

Lysithea at Wikipedia

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