Ferdinand
Moon· orbits Uranus
Ferdinand — moon of Uranus.
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Key facts
Orbit around Uranus
7.83 Earth years
2,862 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Uranus
- Distance from Uranus
- 0.183 AU
- Orbital period
- 7.83 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.3178
- Inclination
- 147.47 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.00269 S⊕ · 1/371 of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- D. Milisavljevic, M. Holman, J.J. Kavelaars, T. Grav
Ferdinand was discovered in 2001 by D. Milisavljevic and colleagues. Uranus's moons are named after characters from the plays of Shakespeare and the poetry of Alexander Pope. Beyond its discovery and naming, little more about it has been individually recorded.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.