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.