Trinculo (moon)
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| Discovery | |||||||
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| Discovered by | Matthew J. Holman, John J. Kavelaars, Dan Milisavljevic |
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| Discovered in | August 13, 2001 | ||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||
| Mean radius | 8,578,000 km | ||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.2079 | ||||||
| Orbital period | 759.03 d | ||||||
| Inclination | 167° (to the ecliptic)[1] | ||||||
| Is a satellite of | Uranus | ||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||
| Mean diameter | ~18 km (estimate)[1] | ||||||
| Surface area | ~300 km² (estimate) | ||||||
| Volume | ~500 km3 (estimate) | ||||||
| Mass | ~7.5×1014 kg (estimate) | ||||||
| Mean density | ~1.5 g/cm3 (estimate) | ||||||
| Surface gravity | ~0.0021 m/s2 (estimate) | ||||||
| Escape velocity | ~0.0045 km/s (estimate) | ||||||
| Rotation period | ? | ||||||
| Axial tilt | ?° | ||||||
| Albedo | 0.04 (assumed)[1] | ||||||
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| Atmospheric pressure | 0 kPa | ||||||
Trinculo (tring'-kew-loe, IPA: [ˈtrɪŋkjulɔʊ]) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Holman, et al. on 2001-08-13, and given the temporary designation S/2001 U 1. [2] [3]
Confirmed as Uranus XXI, it was named after the drunken jester Trinculo in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
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- ^ a b c Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt and Jan Kleyna An Ultradeep Survey for Irregular Satellites of Uranus: Limits to Completeness, The Astronomical Journal, 129 (2005), pages 518–525 . Preprint
- ^ IAU Circular IAUC 7980
- ^ B. Gladman, JJ Kavelaars, Matthew J. Holman, J-M. Petit, H. Scholl, P. Nicholson, J. A. Burnse The Discovery of Uranus XIX, XX, and XXI, Icarus, 147 (2000), pp. 320–324
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| See also: Rings of Uranus |
