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Cupid is a small moon that orbits the planet Uranus. It was discovered in 2003 and is one of many moons in Uranus's system, contributing to our understanding of the planets and their satellite systems in our solar system.
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- Radius
- 18
- Mass
- 3
- Orbital period
- 0.618
- Image
- Cupidmoon.png
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- time of discovery or invention
- 2003-08-25
- provisional designation
- S/2003 U 2
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.0013
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 74392
- orbital inclination
- 0.1
- volume as quantity
- 3000
- albedo
- 0.070
- temperature
- 64
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- Cupid (moon)
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Cupid is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Mark R. Showalter and Jack J. Lissauer in 2003 using the Hubble Space Telescope. It was named after a character in William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens.
Cupid is one of the smaller known inner Uranian satellites, crudely estimated to be only about 18 km (11 mi) in diameter. This and the dark surface made it too dim to be detected by the Voyager 2 cameras during its Uranus flyby in 1986.