Caireen - LouisB3/Grannus-Expansion-Pack GitHub Wiki
Description
A surprise to its discoverers, tiny Caireen is evidence that even dwarf planets can have moons. Almost certainly a captured asteroid, Caireen is now locked in a close and unending orbit of its adopted parent, Sucellus.
Notes
Parameters
| Bulk parameters | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Moon (Sucellus) |
| Radius | 30 km datum, 31.8 mean |
| Mass | 2.64485×10^18 kg |
| Gravitational parameter | 1.76520×10^8 m^3/s^2 |
| Mean density | 19,580 kg/m^3 |
| Surface gravity | 0.02 g |
| Escape velocity | 108 m/s |
| Bond albedo | 0.22 |
| Solar irradiance | 236 W/m2 |
| Black-body temperature | 169 K |
| Natural satellites | N/A |
| Orbital & rotational parameters | |
|---|---|
| Semimajor axis | 4,700 km |
| Perihelion | 4,583 km |
| Aphelion | 4,818 km |
| Orbit eccentricity | 0.025 |
| Orbit inclination | 5.5°, 6.77° to ecliptic |
| Longitude of ascending node | 195° |
| Argument of periapsis | 75° |
| Sidereal orbit period | 16.864 days |
| Synodic period | 18.782 days |
| Mean orbital velocity | 81 m/s |
| Sidereal rotation period | 101.18 hours |
| Solar day | 112.69 hours |
| Obliquity to orbit | 5.5° |
| Synchronous orbit altitude | not possible |
| Sphere of influence | 596 km |
- Days based on Kerbin solar day of 6 hours.
- Years based on Kerbin year of 426 six-hour days (2,556 hours total).
- Ecliptic plane for Grannus is defined by the plane containing Nodens’ orbit.