Sycorax
Orbit data
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Object data
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Nomenclature
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Links
Sycorax
Uranus XVII
(S/1997 U2)
Orbit data
Mean distance from the planet
Uranus
12.179.000
km
Orbital period around the planet
Uranus
(
sideric
) (reciprocal)
- 1288,3
d
Mean
orbital velocity
1,23
km/s
Orbital
inclination
159,40
°
Eccentricity
of the orbit around the planet
Uranus
0,5224
Object data
Discovered by Philip D. Nicholson,
Brett James Gladman
, Joseph A. Burns, John J. Kavelaars
1997
Mass
5,4 × 10
18
kg
Equatorial radius
95
km
Mean density
1,5
g/cm³
Albedo
0,07
Apparent magnitude
+ 20,8
m
vis
Nomenclature
Sycorax
is a witch and the mother of Caliban 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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Bernd Onasch
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