Uranus

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Uranus
Uranus-uranuszip.jpg
Uranus in Orbiter
Designation
Name Uranus
Reference body Sun
Number of satellites
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch J2000 (1 January 2000)
Semimajor axis (a) 2.87097222×1012 m (19.19126393 AU)
Eccentricity (e) 0.04716771
Inclination (i) 0.76986°
(0.01343659 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 74.22988°
(1.295558 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 170.96424°
(2.983889 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 313.23218°
(5.4669329 radian)
Planetary orbital element centennial rates
Semimajor axis (a) 0.00152025 AU/Century
Eccentricity (e) -0.00019150 Century-1
Inclination (i) -2.09 seconds/Century
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) -1681.40 seconds/Century
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 1312.56 seconds/Century
Mean longitude (L) 1542547.79 seconds/Century
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 25362.0±12 km
Mass 8.6832054×1025 kg
Density 1.318 g/cm3
Sidereal rotation period -62064 (retrograde) (17.24±0.01 hours)
Obliquity|align="right" width="30%"|1.4346
LAN|align="right" width="30%"|2.9255
Sidereal orbit period 83.747407 years
Magnitude V(1,0) -7.19
Geometric albedo 0.51
Equatorial gravity 8.69±0.001 m/s2
Escape velocity 21.3 km/s
Rotation elements
North pole right ascension (α) 259.29°
North pole declination (δ) -15.09°
Obliqutiy of ecliptic 82.19°
Longitude of Sun's transit 167.62°
Atmospheric parameters
Surface Pressure >>104 kPa
Surface Density ~0.42 kg/m3 at 1 bar
Scale height 27.7 km
Average temperature ~58 K
Wind speeds 0.200 m/s
Ecliptic position from primary*
Note *Elements given are from Orbiter.pdf (2016)

Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun, the third largest in diameter, and the fourth largest in mass. The planet boasts a ring system and 28 known satellites. William Herschel discovered Uranus on 13 March 1781, although he thought it was a comet for some time. Later, it was realized that it was observed several times by others, but, not recognized as a planet. It is just barely visible in a dark sky. Uranus is unique in that the polar axis is tilted some 97° to it's orbit.

Uranus in Orbiter[edit]

Uranus has been a part of Orbiter since the beginning with the release of Orbiter 2001. In Orbiter 2002, the orbital parameters of Uranus was moved to Vsop87.dll. The add-on uranus.zip included storm patterns on the Uranus visuals.


Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Uranus
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
2005 (with P1 patch files) O-F Resources 050216 martins Orbiter Download 16 February 2005 Orbiter 2005
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
Uranus-Neptune II AVSIM Rolf B Keibel Scenery 6 March 2003
Uranus AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 5 November 2002
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

See also[edit]

Uranus at Wikipedia

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