Umbriel

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Umbriel is one of Uranus's major icy moons, known for its dark, heavily cratered surface and relatively low reflectivity compared to the planet's other large satellites.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
icy moon
moon of Uranus
natural satellite
averageOrbitalDistanceFromUranus_km 266000
axialTilt_degrees ~0
belongsTo Solar System
belongsToPlanetarySystem Uranian system
bondAlbedo ~0.10
celestialBodyType major moon of Uranus
closestApproachByVoyager2_km ~325,000
cryovolcanismEvidence weak or absent
diameter_km 1169.4
discoveredInYear 1851
discoverer William Lassell
discoveryDate 1851-10-24
equatorialCircumference_km ~3675
escapeVelocity_km_per_s ~0.58
exploredBy Voyager 2
flybyMission Voyager 2
geologicActivityLevel low
geometricAlbedo 0.19
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere detected
largestCraterName Wokolo
likelyInteriorComposition mixture of water ice and rock
mass_kg 1.27e21
meanDensity_g_per_cm3 1.39
meanRadius_km 584.7
meanSurfaceTemperature_K ~75
namedAfter Umbriel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Umbriel (spirit of darkness in Alexander Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock”)
nameOrigin character from Alexander Pope’s poem “The Rape of the Lock”
neighboringMoons Ariel
Titania
notableSurfaceFeature Wunda crater
fluorescent-looking bright ring on floor of Wunda crater
orbitalEccentricity 0.0039
orbitalInclination_degrees 0.128
orbitalPeriod_days 4.144
orbits Uranus
parentPlanet Uranus
positionAmongMajorUranianMoonsByDistance third closest
primaryBody Uranus
reflectivityComparedToOtherUranianMoons lower
rotationPeriod_days 4.144
semiMajorAxis_km 266000
shape roughly spherical
surfaceBrightness low
surfaceColor dark
surfaceComposition dark non-ice material
water ice
surfaceFeatureType heavily cratered terrain
synchronousRotation true
tectonicFeaturesPresence limited

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uranus largeMoon Umbriel
Oberon catalogDesignation Umbriel
this entity surface form: Uranus IV
Umbriel namedAfter Umbriel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Umbriel (spirit of darkness in Alexander Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock”)
William Lassell discovered Umbriel