New names for Jupiter's moons

[Calculus]

The INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION recently issued the name of the latest Jupiter's Satellites :


XVII S/1999 J 1 Callirrhoe
XVIII S/1975 J 1 Themisto
= S/2000 J 1
XIX S/2000 J 8 Megaclite
XX S/2000 J 9 Taygete
XXI S/2000 J 10 Chaldene
XXII S/2000 J 5 Harpalyke
XXIII S/2000 J 2 Kalyke
XXIV S/2000 J 3 Iocaste
XXV S/2000 J 4 Erinome
XXVI S/2000 J 6 Isonoe
XXVII S/2000 J 7 Praxidike

Don't forget to update your ssc files!

[billybob884]

would you mind showing an example for those that are a little confused (mainly me )

[Ortolan]

I don't think the default celestia installation or the minor moons add-on has them. You can find their orbital parameters in my ssc files at http://www.skullcave.com/celestia/
(I'll update the files with the new names tonight if I have time)

[Calculus]

you can download the ssc file for the new Jupiter's satellites there:

http://bruckner.homelinux.net/files/jup ... llites.zip

or from
http://www.skullcave.com/celestia/jupiter-moons.ssc

In the ssc file replace "S2001 J10" by "Chaldene" etc...

a few of them have not been confirmed and therefore don't have a name yet (example S/2000 J11)

[billybob884]

just let us know when its done

[billybob884]

Thanks! I also noticed that your moon files cause conflicts with celestia because they includes moons that are already in the solarsys.ssc file.

[billybob884]

I have taken the liberty to edit them so it is just the moons that arent already there:
Neptune:

"Naiad" "Sol/Neptune"
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Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 29
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2447757
Period 0.294396
SemiMajorAxis 48227
Eccentricity 0.0003
Inclination 4.738
MeanAnomaly 334.947
AscendingNode 48.993
ArgOfPericenter 36.652
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"Thalassa" "Sol/Neptune"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 40
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2447757
Period 0.311485
SemiMajorAxis 50075
Eccentricity 0.0002
Inclination 0.205
MeanAnomaly 193.593
AscendingNode 90.182
ArgOfPericenter 316.293
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"Despina" "Sol/Neptune"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 74
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2447757
Period 0.334655
SemiMajorAxis 52526
Eccentricity 0.0001
Inclination 0.065
MeanAnomaly 319.597
AscendingNode 154.917
ArgOfPericenter 331.090
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"Galatea" "Sol/Neptune"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 79
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2447757
Period 0.428745
SemiMajorAxis 61953
Eccentricity 0.0001
Inclination 0.054
MeanAnomaly 187.111
AscendingNode 112.492
ArgOfPericenter 107.373
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"Larissa" "Sol/Neptune"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 89 # 104 x 89
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2447757
Period 0.554654
SemiMajorAxis 73548
Eccentricity 0.0014
Inclination 0.201
MeanAnomaly 34.912
AscendingNode 10.327
ArgOfPericenter 139.920
}
Albedo 0.06
}

[Ortolan]

Thanks! I also noticed that your moon files cause conflicts with celestia because they includes moons that are already in the solarsys.ssc file.

Yeah I know, I put all the gas giant moons in their own ssc files so my solarsys.ssc file only contains the 9 planets + Luna, Phobos, Deimos & Charon.
Smaller files are easier to edit.

[billybob884]

Thats actually a really good idea, maybe we should convince chris to make a seperate folder called "moons"

[billybob884]

but anyway, here's saturn for anyone who wants it:

"Pan" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 10
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2444786.5
Period 0.5750
SemiMajorAxis 133583
Eccentricity 0.0
Inclination 0.0
MeanAnomaly 122.072
AscendingNode 0.0
ArgOfPericenter 0.0
}
Albedo 0.5
}
"Atlas" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "iceball.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 17.2 # 18.5 x 17.2 x 13.5
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2444786.5
Period 0.6019
SemiMajorAxis 137670
Eccentricity 0.0
Inclination 0.0
MeanAnomaly 186.541
AscendingNode 0.0
ArgOfPericenter 0.0
}
Albedo 0.8
}
"Prometheus" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 50 # 74 x 50 x 34
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2444786.5
Period 0.6130
SemiMajorAxis 139353
Eccentricity 0.0023
Inclination 0.0
MeanAnomaly 335.684
AscendingNode 0.0
ArgOfPericenter 212.854
}
Albedo 0.5
}
"Pandora" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "iceball.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 44 # 55 x 44 x 31
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2444786.5
Period 0.6285
SemiMajorAxis 141700
Eccentricity 0.0044
Inclination 0.0
MeanAnomaly 13.918
AscendingNode 0.0
ArgOfPericenter 68.229
}
Albedo 0.7
}
"Epimetheus" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "iceball.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 55 # 69 x 55 x 55
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2444786.5
Period 0.6942
SemiMajorAxis 151422
Eccentricity 0.0205
Inclination 0.335
MeanAnomaly 55.972
AscendingNode 335.006
ArgOfPericenter 100.866
}
Albedo 0.8
}
"Janus" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "iceball.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
SpecularColor [ 0.50 0.50 0.55 ]
SpecularPower 95.0
Radius 95 # 97 x 95 x 77
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2444786.5
Period 0.6945
SemiMajorAxis 151472
Eccentricity 0.0073
Inclination 0.165
MeanAnomaly 236.455
AscendingNode 303.797
ArgOfPericenter 27.852
}
Albedo 0.9
}
"Telesto" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "iceball.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
SpecularColor [ 0.50 0.50 0.55 ]
SpecularPower 95.0
Radius 12.5 # 15 x 12.5 x 7.5
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2444786.5
Period 1.8878
SemiMajorAxis 294660
Eccentricity 0.001
Inclination 1.158
MeanAnomaly 7.907
AscendingNode 126.124
ArgOfPericenter 80.729
}
Albedo 1.0
}
"Calypso" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "iceball.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
SpecularColor [ 0.50 0.50 0.55 ]
SpecularPower 95.0
Radius 8 # 15 x 8 x 8
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2444786.5
Period 1.8878
SemiMajorAxis 294660
Eccentricity 0.0005
Inclination 1.473
MeanAnomaly 201.815
AscendingNode 209.184
ArgOfPericenter 43.640
}
Albedo 1.0
}
"Helene" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "iceball.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 16 # 18 x 16 x 15
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2444786.5
Period 2.7369
SemiMajorAxis 377400
Eccentricity 0.0001
Inclination 0.212
MeanAnomaly 10.033
AscendingNode 10.214
ArgOfPericenter 80.357
}
Albedo 0.7
}
"S/2000 S5" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 7
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451600.5
Period 449.22
SemiMajorAxis 11365000
Eccentricity 0.3335
Inclination 46.158
MeanAnomaly 221.199
AscendingNode 359.540
ArgOfPericenter 82.874
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"S/2000 S6" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 5
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451600.5
Period 451.48
SemiMajorAxis 11440000
Eccentricity 0.3216
Inclination 46.739
MeanAnomaly 64.548
AscendingNode 136.411
ArgOfPericenter 85.455
}
Albedo 0.06
}
S/2000 S2" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 10
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451600.5
Period 686.92
SemiMajorAxis 15199000
Eccentricity 0.3637
Inclination 45.127
MeanAnomaly 351.978
AscendingNode 327.182
ArgOfPericenter 238.250
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"S/2000 S8" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 3
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451600.5
Period 728.93
SemiMajorAxis 15645000
Eccentricity 0.2705
Inclination 152.847
MeanAnomaly 144.427
AscendingNode 284.498
ArgOfPericenter 202.442
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"S/2000 S11" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 13
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451600.5
Period 783.30
SemiMajorAxis 16392000
Eccentricity 0.4790
Inclination 33.973
MeanAnomaly 58.405
AscendingNode 102.242
ArgOfPericenter 55.612
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"S/2000 S10" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 4
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451600.5
Period 871.17
SemiMajorAxis 17611000
Eccentricity 0.4732
Inclination 34.472
MeanAnomaly 321.768
AscendingNode 150.874
ArgOfPericenter 281.838
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"S/2000 S3" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 16
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451600.5
Period 893.07
SemiMajorAxis 18160000
Eccentricity 0.2947
Inclination 45.562
MeanAnomaly 224.558
AscendingNode 47.079
ArgOfPericenter 65.433
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"S/2000 S4" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 7
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451600.5
Period 925.70
SemiMajorAxis 18239000
Eccentricity 0.5363
Inclination 33.511
MeanAnomaly 283.298
AscendingNode 102.912
ArgOfPericenter 273.510
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"S/2000 S9" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 3
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451600.5
Period 951.38
SemiMajorAxis 18709000
Eccentricity 0.2078
Inclination 167.498
MeanAnomaly 108.367
AscendingNode 83.454
ArgOfPericenter 309.986
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"S/2000 S12" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 3
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451600.5
Period 1016.83
SemiMajorAxis 19470000
Eccentricity 0.1141
Inclination 175.809
MeanAnomaly 340.336
AscendingNode 228.536
ArgOfPericenter 35.780
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"S/2000 S7" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 3
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451600.5
Period 1088.89
SemiMajorAxis 20470000
Eccentricity 0.4655
Inclination 175.807
MeanAnomaly 26.617
AscendingNode 223.631
ArgOfPericenter 62.435
}
Albedo 0.06
}
"S/2000 S1" "Sol/Saturn"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 8
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451600.5
Period 1312.37
SemiMajorAxis 23096000
Eccentricity 0.3331
Inclination 173.087
MeanAnomaly 244.128
AscendingNode 194.069
ArgOfPericenter 22.608
}
Albedo 0.06
}

[Aya Reiko]

you can download the ssc file for the new Jupiter's satellites there:

http://bruckner.homelinux.net/files/jup ... llites.zip

or from
http://www.skullcave.com/celestia/jupiter-moons.ssc

In the ssc file replace "S2001 J10" by "Chaldene" etc...

a few of them have not been confirmed and therefore don't have a name yet (example S/2000 J11)

Hey! Whoa!!! Hold on there. Make sure you are renaming the right moons! "S2000 J10" and "S2001 J10" are two different moons.

And "XVIII S/1975 J 1 Themisto" doesn't seem to have an entry.

[Calculus]

You are absolutely right
My Mistake

[billybob884]

"Cordelia" "Sol/Uranus"
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Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 20
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2446450
Period 0.335034
SemiMajorAxis 49770
Eccentricity 0.0003
Inclination 0.085
MeanAnomaly 254.805
AscendingNode 38.374
ArgOfPericenter 136.827
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Ophelia" "Sol/Uranus"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 21
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2446450
Period 0.376400
SemiMajorAxis 53790
Eccentricity 0.0099
Inclination 0.104
MeanAnomaly 116.259
AscendingNode 164.048
ArgOfPericenter 17.761
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Bianca" "Sol/Uranus"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 27
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2446450
Period 0.434579
SemiMajorAxis 59170
Eccentricity 0.0009
Inclination 0.193
MeanAnomaly 138.486
AscendingNode 93.220
ArgOfPericenter 8.293
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Cressida" "Sol/Uranus"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 40
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2446450
Period 0.463570
SemiMajorAxis 61780
Eccentricity 0.0004
Inclination 0.006
MeanAnomaly 233.795
AscendingNode 99.403
ArgOfPericenter 44.236
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Desdemona" "Sol/Uranus"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 32
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2446450
Period 0.473650
SemiMajorAxis 62680
Eccentricity 0.0001
Inclination 0.113
MeanAnomaly 184.627
AscendingNode 306.089
ArgOfPericenter 183.285
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Juliet" "Sol/Uranus"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 47
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2446450
Period 0.493065
SemiMajorAxis 64350
Eccentricity 0.0007
Inclination 0.065
MeanAnomaly 244.696
AscendingNode 200.155
ArgOfPericenter 223.819
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Portia" "Sol/Uranus"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 68
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2446450
Period 0.513196
SemiMajorAxis 66090
Eccentricity 0.0001
Inclination 0.059
MeanAnomaly 218.312
AscendingNode 260.067
ArgOfPericenter 222.433
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Rosalind" "Sol/Uranus"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 36
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2446450
Period 0.558460
SemiMajorAxis 69940
Eccentricity 0.0001
Inclination 0.279
MeanAnomaly 136.181
AscendingNode 12.847
ArgOfPericenter 140.477
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"S/1986 U10" "Sol/Uranus" #This satellite hasn't been confirmed
{
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Radius 40
EllipticalOrbit
{
Period 0.638
SemiMajorAxis 76417
Eccentricity 0.0011
Inclination 0.0
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Belinda" "Sol/Uranus"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 40
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2446450
Period 0.623527
SemiMajorAxis 75260
Eccentricity 0.0001
Inclination 0.031
MeanAnomaly 357.224
AscendingNode 279.337
ArgOfPericenter 42.406
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Puck" "Sol/Uranus"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 81
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2446450
Period 0.761833
SemiMajorAxis 86010
Eccentricity 0.0001
Inclination 0.319
MeanAnomaly 245.796
AscendingNode 268.734
ArgOfPericenter 177.094
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Caliban" "Sol/Uranus"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 48
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451200.5
Period 579.45
SemiMajorAxis 7231000
Eccentricity 0.1588
Inclination 140.878
MeanAnomaly 163.097
AscendingNode 163.540
ArgOfPericenter 342.656
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Stephano" "Sol/Uranus"
{
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 10
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451200.5
Period 676.89
SemiMajorAxis 8004000
Eccentricity 0.2295
Inclination 144.103
MeanAnomaly 82.202
AscendingNode 188.164
ArgOfPericenter 18.650
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"2001 U1" "Sol/Uranus"
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Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 10
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451200.5
Period 758.29
SemiMajorAxis 8578000
Eccentricity 0.2079
Inclination 167.001
MeanAnomaly 22.366
AscendingNode 194.882
ArgOfPericenter 158.911
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Sycorax" "Sol/Uranus"
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Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 95
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 2451200.5
Period 1283.42
SemiMajorAxis 12179000
Eccentricity 0.5224
Inclination 159.403
MeanAnomaly 170.270
AscendingNode 260.857
ArgOfPericenter 19.882
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Prospero" "Sol/Uranus"
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Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 15
EllipticalOrbit
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Epoch 2451200.5
Period 1961.80
SemiMajorAxis 16243000
Eccentricity 0.4431
Inclination 151.966
MeanAnomaly 180.868
AscendingNode 316.778
ArgOfPericenter 173.832
}
Albedo 0.07
}
"Setebos" "Sol/Uranus"
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Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Mesh "asteroid.cms"
Radius 15
EllipticalOrbit
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Epoch 2451200.5
Period 2208.88
SemiMajorAxis 17501000
Eccentricity 0.5843
Inclination 158.161
MeanAnomaly 126.429
AscendingNode 247.620
ArgOfPericenter 358.929
}
Albedo 0.07
}