Umbriel

Umbriel is a moon of the planet Uranus.

Umbriel

Facts About Umbriel:

  • Umbrield is the 16th moon from Uranus.
  • It is made mostly of ice and rock. It may have a rocky core and icy mantle.
  • It is one of the darkest moons of Uranus.
  • It is the second-most heavily cratered moon of uranus.
Classification: Moon (orbiting Uranus)
Names:  Umbriel, Uranus II

Discovered:  1851  by William Lassell
Naming:  Named after a character in Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock.
Diameter:  1169.4 km
Mass:  1.275e+21 kg
Semi-major axis:  266000
Orbital Period:  4.144 Earth days
Orbital Speed:  4.6700 km/s
Eccentricity:  0.00390000
Albedo:  0.2600
Volume:  837300000 km3
Density:  1.3900 g/cm3
Surface Area:  4296000 km2
Escape Velocity:  0.5200 km/s
Adjective:  Umbrielian
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