Trinculo (moon)
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| Discovery | |||||||
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| Discovered by | Matthew J. Holman, John J. Kavelaars, Dan Milisavljevic | ||||||
| Discovered in | August 13, 2001 | ||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||
| Mean radius | 8,578,000 km | ||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.2079 | ||||||
| Orbital period | 759.03 d | ||||||
| Inclination | 147.83° (to Uranus' equator) 167.001° (to the local Laplace plane) 166.23° (to the ecliptic) | ||||||
| Is a satellite of | Uranus | ||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||
| Mean diameter | 10 km | ||||||
| Surface area | ~300 km2 | ||||||
| Volume | ~500 km3 | ||||||
| Mass | 7.5×1014 kg | ||||||
| Mean density | ~1.5 g/cm3 | ||||||
| Surface gravity | ~0.0021 m/s2 | ||||||
| Escape velocity | ~0.0045 km/s | ||||||
| Rotation period | ? | ||||||
| Axial tilt | ?° | ||||||
| Albedo | 0.04 (assumed) | ||||||
| Surface temp. |
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| Atmospheric pressure | 0 kPa | ||||||
Trinculo (tring'-kew-loe) is a natural satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Holman, et al. on 2001-08-13, and given the temporary designation S/2001 U 1. It is also designated Uranus XXI. It is named after the jester in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
| Uranus' natural satellitesedit |
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| Cordelia | Ophelia | Bianca | Cressida | Desdemona | Juliet | Portia | Rosalind | S/2003 U 2 | Belinda |
| S/1986 U 10 | Puck | S/2003 U 1 | Miranda | Ariel | Umbriel | Titania | Oberon | S/2001 U 3 |
| Caliban | Stephano | Trinculo | Sycorax | S/2003 U 3 | Prospero | Setebos | S/2001 U 2 |
