Styx
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| Styx from Pluto and Moons.zip and New Horizons Pluto Encounter.zip in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 | |
| Designation | |
| Name | Styx |
| Reference body | 134340 Pluto |
| Number of satellites | |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 2015.52772073922 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 101629924.656231 m |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.559918736883718 |
| Inclination (i) | 112.81525523236° (1.96899765028245 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 227.152367452903° (3.96455671575317 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 536.213636261272° (9.35869344685046 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 537.421329334419° (9.37977166733039 radian) |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 36000 m |
| Mass | 2×1016 kg |
| Sidereal rotation period | 2286523.94967042336 sec (26.464 days) |
| SidRotOffset | 0 |
| Obliquity | 96.145° (1.67804680932995 radian) |
| LAN | 43.046° (0.7512944298135 radian) |
| Note | *Elements given are from Styx.cfg (New Horizons Pluto Encounter.zip) |
Styx (S/2012 P 1) is a small satellite of Pluto. It was discovered in images by the New Horizons spacecraft in June 2012 and was named for the goddess of the River Styx in Greek mythology.
Styx in Orbiter
Styx was introduced to Orbiter with the release of New Horizons Pluto Encounter.zip in July 2015.
| Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Horizons Pluto Encounter | O-F Resources | 2015-07-09 | BrianJ | Scenarios | 9 July 2015 | ||
Gallery
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Styx from Pluto and Moons.zip and New Horizons Pluto Encounter.zip in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 -
Styx imaged by New Horizons a few hours before close approach to Pluto
from Wikimedia Commons -
Animation of the moons of Pluto (Pluto white, Charon blue, Styx green, Nix magenta, Kerberos cyan, Hydra red)
from Wikimedia Commons
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