Stephano_(moon)

Stephano (moon)

Stephano (moon)

Moon of Uranus

Stephano (/ˈstɛfənoʊ/ STEF-ən-oh) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 1999, and given the provisional designation S/1999 U 2.[7][8][9][10][11]

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Confirmed as Uranus XX, it was named after the drunken butler in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest in August 2000.[12]

The orbital parameters suggest that it may belong to the same dynamic cluster as Caliban, suggesting common origin.[13]

Animation of Stephano's orbit around Uranus.
   Uranus  ·    Sycorax ·    Francisco  ·    Caliban  ·    Stephano  ·    Trinculo
Animation of discovery images taken by the CFHT in July 1999

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Shakespeare Recording Society (1995) The Tempest (audio CD)
  2. [2]
    Benjamin Smith (1903) The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  3. [3]
    Lessing (1914) How the Ancients Represented Death
  4. [4]
    Sheppard, Jewitt & Kleyna 2005, p. 523, Table 3.
  5. [5]
    Yeomans, Donald K. (2007-06-28). "Planetary Satellite Mean Orbital Parameters". JPL/NASA. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  6. [6]
    Sheppard, Jewitt & Kleyna 2005, p. 523, Table 3 ... ri (km) ... 16 ... i Radius of satellite assuming a geometric albedo of 0.04.
  7. [7]
    Gladman, B. J.; Kavelaars, J. J.; Holman, M. J., Petit, J.-M.; Scholl, H.; Nicholson, P. D.; and Burns, J. A.; The Discovery of Uranus XIX, XX, and XXI, Icarus, 147 (2000), pp. 320–324
  8. [8]
    Marsden, Brian G.; Probable New Satellites of Uranus, IAUC 7230, 1999 July 27
  9. [9]
    Marsden, Brian G.; Probable New Satellites of Uranus, IAUC 7248, 1999 September 4
  10. [10]
    Marsden, Brian G.; S/1999 U 1, S/1999 U 2 and S/1999 U 3, IAUC 7385, 2000 March 24
  11. [11]
    Marsden, Brian G.; S/1999 U 2, IAUC 7473, 2000 August 5
  12. [12]
    Marsden, Brian G.; Satellites of Uranus, IAUC 7479, 2000 August 21
  13. [13]
    Grav, Tommy; Holman, Matthew J.; Gladman, Brett J.; and Aksnes, Kaare; Photometric survey of the irregular satellites,Icarus, 166 (2003), pp. 33-45. arXiv:astro-ph/0301016
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