3 new moons of Neptune

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3 new moons of Neptune

Post #1by JackHiggins » 24.03.2003, 20:47

Hey all,

3 new moons have recently (Last November..) been discovered orbiting Neptune.

Here's the ssc code if you're interested:

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"S/2002 N1" "Sol/Neptune"
{
   Class "moon"
   Mesh "roughsphere.cms"
   Texture "asteroid.jpg"
   Radius 10

   EllipticalOrbit
   {
   Period            2868.23
   SemiMajorAxis    21990946.83
   Eccentricity     0.4317281
   Inclination      120.50347
   AscendingNode   228.89412
   ArgOfPericenter 179.13011
        MeanAnomaly    39.23980
   Epoch       2452600.5
   }

   RotationPeriod   4.0
   Albedo            0.07
}

"S/2002 N2" "Sol/Neptune"
{
   Class "moon"
   Mesh "roughsphere.cms"
   Texture "asteroid.jpg"
   Radius 10

   EllipticalOrbit
   {
   Period            2515.96
   SemiMajorAxis    20151311.9
   Eccentricity     0.1728137
   Inclination      56.90003
   AscendingNode   60.63766
   ArgOfPericenter 27.07148
        MeanAnomaly    191.17050
   Epoch       2452600.5
   }

   RotationPeriod   4.0
   Albedo            0.07
}

"S/2002 N3" "Sol/Neptune"
{
   Class "moon"
   Mesh "roughsphere.cms"
   Texture "asteroid.jpg"
   Radius 10

   EllipticalOrbit
   {
   Period            2746.72
   SemiMajorAxis    21365403.34
   Eccentricity     0.4726309
   Inclination      42.50063
   AscendingNode   53.65304
   ArgOfPericenter 144.58207
        MeanAnomaly    269.57627
   Epoch       2452600.5
   }

   RotationPeriod   4.0
   Albedo            0.07
}
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