Francisco
Francisco is a small moon orbiting the gas giant planet Uranus.
Facts About Francisco:
- Francisco is the 19th moon from Uranus.
- It was photographed in 2001 using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and the Cerro-Tololo Inter-American Observatory. It was a couple of years later, in 2003, when astronomers identified and confirmed it as a moon.
Classification: Moon (orbiting Uranus)
Names: Francisco, Uranus XXII, S/2001 U3
Discovered: 2001 by Matthew J. Holman, et al. and Brett J. Gladman, et al.
Naming: Named after a character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
Diameter: 22 km
Mass: 7200000000000000 kg
Orbit Radius: 4276000
Orbital Period: 266.56 Earth days
Eccentricity: 0.14590000
Albedo: 0.0400
Volume: 6000 km3
Density: 1.3000 g/cm3
Surface Area: 1500 km2
Escape Velocity: 0.0094 km/s
Adjective: Franciscan, Fransiscian, Francisconian