Prospero
Moon· orbits Uranus
Prospero — moon of Uranus.
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Key facts
Orbit around Uranus
5.37 Earth years
1,961 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Uranus
- Distance from Uranus
- 0.147 AU
- Orbital period
- 5.37 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.3886
- Inclination
- 158.42 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.00266 S⊕ · 1/376 of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- M. Holman, J.J. Kavelaars, B. Gladman, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl
Prospero was discovered in 1999 by M. Holman 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.