Setebos

Setebos is a moon of Uranus. It is one of the most distant Uranian moons from the planet.

Setebos
Telescope view of Setebos, 18th July 1999
Credit: Brett Gladman/Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur

Facts About Setebos:

  • Setebos is the 26th moon from Uranus.
  • There is a crater on the moon Umbriel with a similar name, Setibos.
Classification: Moon (orbiting Uranus)
Names:  Setebos, Uranus XIX, S/1999 U1

Discovered:  1999  by John (JJ) Kavelaars et al.
Naming:  Named after a god character in Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
Diameter:  48 km
Mass:  75000000000000000 kg
Orbit Radius:  17418000
Orbital Period:  2225.21 Earth days
Eccentricity:  0.59140000
Albedo:  0.0400
Volume:  58000 km3
Density:  1.3000 g/cm3
Surface Area:  7200 km2
Escape Velocity:  0.0204 km/s
Adjective:  Setebosian
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