Puck

Also known as Uranus XV, S/1985 U 1

moon of Uranus

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Puck is a small moon that orbits the planet Uranus. It was discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1985 and remains one of the more distant and less-studied moons in our solar system.

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Instance of: regular moon
Named after: Puck
Parent body: Uranus
Radius: 81
Mass: 2.9
Orbital period: 0.76183287
Image: Uranus moon Puck.png

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Commons category: Puck (moon)
time of discovery or invention: 1985-12-30
discoverer or inventor: Voyager 2
provisional designation: S/1985 U 1
apparent magnitude: 20.5
orbital eccentricity: 0.00012
semi-major axis of an orbit: 86000
orbital inclination: 0.31921
volume as quantity: 2225000
albedo: 0.104
temperature: 64

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Puck is the sixth-largest moon of Uranus. It was discovered in December 1985 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. The name Puck follows the convention of naming Uranus's moons after characters from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night 's Dream. The orbit of Puck lies between the rings of Uranus and the first of Uranus's large moons, Miranda. Puck is approximately spherical in shape and has diameter of about 162 km (101 mi). It has a dark, heavily cratered surface, which shows spectral signs of water ice.

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