Oberon
Orbit data
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Object data
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Nomenclature
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Links
Oberon
Uranus IV
Orbit data
Mean distance from the planet
Uranus
583.520
km
Orbital period around the planet
Uranus
(
sideric
)
13,463
d
Mean
orbital velocity
3,15
km/s
Orbital
inclination
0,10
°
Eccentricity
of the orbit around the planet
Uranus
0,0008
Object data
Discovered by
Sir Friedrich William Herschel
1787
Mass
3,01 × 10
21
kg
Equatorial radius
761,4
km
Mean density
1,630
g/cm³
Escape velocity
0,729
km/s
Rotational period
(synchronous)
13,463
d
Albedo
0,25
Apparent magnitude
+ 13,9
m
vis
Nomenclature
Oberon
is the king of the fairies in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from
William Shakespeare
.
Links
NASA (Voyager 2) -
Uranian System
© Calvin J. Hamilton ("Views of the Solar System")
NASA (Voyager 2) -
Oberon in Color
© Calvin J. Hamilton ("Views of the Solar System")
NASA (Voyager 2) -
Color Image of Oberon
© A. Tayfun Oner ("Views of the Solar System")
Welcome to the Planets
Online version of the "Planetary Data System Educational CD-ROM"
A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System -
The Nine Planets
© William A. Arnett
© 2021 by
Bernd Onasch
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