Titania

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Titania is the largest of Uranus's moons, an icy, heavily cratered satellite discovered by William Herschel in 1787.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Titania canonical 21

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
moon of Uranus ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedoGeometric 0.27 ⓘ
averageOrbitalDistanceFromUranus_km 436300 ⓘ
axialTilt_degrees 0 ⓘ
belongsTo Solar System ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Uranian system ⓘ
bondAlbedo 0.23 ⓘ
celestialBodyType icy satellite ⓘ
color slightly red ⓘ
density_g_per_cm3 1.71 ⓘ
discoveredInYear 1787 ⓘ
discoverer William Herschel ⓘ
discoveryDate 1787-01-11 ⓘ
equatorialRadius_km 788.9 ⓘ
escapeVelocity_km_per_s 0.79 ⓘ
flybyDate_Voyager2 1986-01-24 ⓘ
geologicalActivityEvidence past tectonism ⓘ
hasExosphere possible tenuous CO2 exosphere ⓘ
hemisphereImagedBest southern hemisphere ⓘ
mass_kg 3.527e21 ⓘ
massRelativeToMoon 0.048 ⓘ
meanDiameter_km 1576.8 ⓘ
meanRadius_km 788.4 ⓘ
meanSurfaceArea_km2 7.8e6 ⓘ
meanVolume_km3 2.05e9 ⓘ
namedAfter Titania (Queen of the Fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream) ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity 0.0011 ⓘ
orbitalInclination_degrees 0.34 ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 8.706 ⓘ
orbits Uranus ⓘ
parentPlanet Uranus ⓘ
polarRadius_km 788.4 ⓘ
positionByMassInUranianSystem most massive moon of Uranus ⓘ
positionBySizeInUranianSystem largest moon of Uranus ⓘ
rankBySizeAmongMoons eighth-largest moon in the Solar System ⓘ
rotationPeriod_days 8.706 ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km 436300 ⓘ
spectralCharacteristics water-ice absorption bands ⓘ
surfaceComposition rocky material ⓘ
water ice ⓘ
surfaceFeatures chasmata (canyons) ⓘ
fault valleys ⓘ
impact craters ⓘ
surfaceGravity_m_per_s2 0.367 ⓘ
surfaceTemperature_K_max 89 ⓘ
surfaceTemperature_K_min 60 ⓘ
synchronousRotation true ⓘ
visitedBySpacecraft Voyager 2 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.