Moon S17 Pandora

Orbital characteristics

Epoch 1-Jan-2000 (2451544.5 JD)
Apoapsis	0.0010 AU
Apoapsis	1.4241×10⁵ km
Periapsis	0.0009 AU
Periapsis	1.4121×10⁵ km
Semi-major axis	0.0009 AU
Semi-major axis	1.4181×10⁵ km
Eccentricity	0.0042000
Inclination	0.0500 °
Longitude of asc. node	147.27 °
Argument of periapsis	66.248 °
Orbital period	0.62900 days
Orbital period	0.002 years
Avg. orbital speed	16.40 km/s

Physical characteristics

Mean diameter	81.400 km
Mass	1.4×10¹⁷ kg
Avg. density	0.496 g/cm³
Equatorial surface gravity	0.006 m/s²
Equatorial surface gravity	0.001 g
Escape velocity	0.021 km/s
Albedo	0.500

Models:

Thomas 2018

Stooke

Textures: Solid Gray Grid

S18 Pan

M1 Phobos

Shape model data sources

Thomas, P., Joseph, J., and Ansty, T., Saturn Small Moon Shape Models V1.0. urn:nasa:pds:saturn_satellite_shape_models::1.0. NASA Planetary Data System, 2018. link
Stooke, P., Small Body Shape Models. EAR-A-5-DDR-STOOKE-SHAPE-MODELS-V1.0. NASA Planetary Data System, 2002 link

Downloads

Models

Models are given in Stanford Triangle Format (PLY) and Alias Waveform Format (OBJ) - you can use MeshLab or any other tool to convert them to other formats.

Pandora (Thomas 2018) (PLY 504 KB) (OBJ 1022 KB)
Pandora (Stooke) (PLY 94 KB) (OBJ 165 KB)

Please note that the models are in planetocentric coordinate system, with Z axis passing through north pole. Actual rotational axis may differ from planetocentric poles, especially for small irregular bodies.

Surface Textures

This object does not have textures yet and is being displayed as a solid gray shape.

Last Modified: 03 Jul 2021