Trinculo

Moon· orbits Uranus

Trinculo — moon of Uranus.

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Key facts

Orbit around Uranus
750 Earth days
2.05 Earth years

Science

Orbit around Uranus

Distance from Uranus
10,165,605 km
Orbital period
2.05 years
Eccentricity
0.2075
Inclination
143.31 °

Radiation & temperature

Insolation
0.00266 S⊕ · 1/376 of the sunlight Earth receives

Discovery & history

By
M. Holman, J.J. Kavelaars, D. Milisavljevic

Trinculo was discovered in 2001 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.