Caliban
Orbit data
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Object data
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Nomenclature
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Links
Caliban
Uranus XVI
(S/1997 U1)
Orbit data
Mean distance from the planet
Uranus
7.231.000
km
Orbital period around the planet
Uranus
(
sideric
) (reciprocal)
- 579,73
d
Mean
orbital velocity
1,05
km/s
Orbital
inclination
140,88
°
Eccentricity
of the orbit around the planet
Uranus
0,1587
Object data
Discovered by
Brett James Gladman
, Philip D. Nicholson, Joseph A. Burns, John J. Kavelaars
1997
Mass
7,4 × 10
17
kg
Equatorial radius
49
km
Mean density
1,5
g/cm³
Albedo
0,07
Apparent magnitude
+ 22,4
m
vis
Nomenclature
Caliban
is the grotesque, brutish slave owned by Prospero in "The Tempest" from
William Shakespeare
.
Links
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
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