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Key facts
- Discovered by
- Philip D. Nicholson Brett J. Gladman Joseph A. Burns John J. Kavelaars
- Discovery site
- Hale Telescope at Palomar Obs.
- Discovery date
- 6 September 1997
- Designation
- Uranus XVI
- Pronunciation
- / ˈ k æ l ə b æ n /
- Named after
- Caliban
- Alternative names
- S/1997 U 2
- Adjectives
- Calibanian / k æ l ə ˈ b eɪ n i ə n /
- Observation arc
- 17.96 yr (6,559 d )
- Semi major axis
- 7,163,810 km (0.0478871 AU)
- Orbital period sidereal
- 1.59 yr (579.26 d)
- Mean anomaly
- 294.66253 °
- Mean motion
- 0° 37 17.345 / day
- Inclination
- 139.90814° (to the ecliptic ) , 140.878° (to local Laplace plane )
- Longitude of ascending node
- 175.21248°
- Argument of perihelion
- 342.53671°
- Satellite of
- Uranus
- Group
- Caliban group
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- moon of Uranus
- Named after
- Caliban
- Parent body
- Uranus
- Radius
- 36
- Mass
- 300
- Orbital period
- 579.26
- Image
- Caliban feat.png
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- discoverer or inventor
- John J. Kavelaars
- site of astronomical discovery
- Palomar Observatory
- time of discovery or invention
- 1997-09-06
- provisional designation
- S/1997 U 1
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.082347
- density
- 1.5
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 7231000
- orbital inclination
- 139.90814
- albedo
- 0.040
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- Caliban (moon)
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Encyclopedic overview
Caliban /ˈkælɪbæn/ is the second-largest irregular satellite of Uranus. It was discovered on 6 September 1997 by Brett J. Gladman, Philip D. Nicholson, Joseph A. Burns, and John J. Kavelaars using the 200-inch Hale Telescope together with Sycorax and given the temporary designation S/1997 U 1.
Designated Uranus XVI, it was named after the monster character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caliban” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.