Prospero

Prospero is a fairly small moon of the planet Uranus.

Photo taken with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, 18th July 1999.

Credit: Brett Gladman/Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur

Facts About Prospero:

Prospero is the 25th moon from Uranus.
Astronomers aren't sure where this moon originally came from. Its orbit suggests that it's part of the group of moons including Sycorax and Setebos, but its grey colour suggests otherwise.

Classification: Moon (orbiting Uranus)

Names: Prospero, Uranus XVIII, S/1999 U3

Discovered:  1999 by Matthew Holman et al.
Naming:  Named after a character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
Diameter:  50 km
Mass:  85000000000000000 kg
Orbit Radius:  16,256,000 km
Orbital Period:  1978.29 Earth days
Eccentricity:  0.44480000
Albedo:  0.0400
Volume:  65000 km³
Density:  1.3000 g/cm³
Surface Area:  8000 km²
Escape Velocity:  0.0210 km/s
Adjective:  Prosperonian

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