Stephano

Moon· orbits Uranus

Stephano — moon of Uranus.

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Key facts

Orbit around Uranus
677 Earth days
1.85 Earth years

Science

Orbit around Uranus

Distance from Uranus
6,643,142 km
Orbital period
1.85 years
Eccentricity
0.1557
Inclination
118.44 °

Radiation & temperature

Insolation
0.00264 S⊕ · 1/379 of the sunlight Earth receives

Discovery & history

By
B. Gladman, M. Holman, J.J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl

Stephano was discovered in 1999 by B. Gladman 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.