Umbriel

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Umbriel is one of Uranus's major icy moons, known for its dark, heavily cratered surface and relatively low reflectivity compared to the planet's other large satellites.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
icy moon ⓘ
moon of Uranus ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
averageOrbitalDistanceFromUranus_km 266000 ⓘ
axialTilt_degrees ~0 ⓘ
belongsTo Solar System ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Uranian system ⓘ
bondAlbedo ~0.10 ⓘ
celestialBodyType major moon of Uranus ⓘ
closestApproachByVoyager2_km ~325,000 ⓘ
cryovolcanismEvidence weak or absent ⓘ
diameter_km 1169.4 ⓘ
discoveredInYear 1851 ⓘ
discoverer William Lassell ⓘ
discoveryDate 1851-10-24 ⓘ
equatorialCircumference_km ~3675 ⓘ
escapeVelocity_km_per_s ~0.58 ⓘ
exploredBy Voyager 2 ⓘ
flybyMission Voyager 2 ⓘ
geologicActivityLevel low ⓘ
geometricAlbedo 0.19 ⓘ
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere detected ⓘ
largestCraterName Wokolo ⓘ
likelyInteriorComposition mixture of water ice and rock ⓘ
mass_kg 1.27e21 ⓘ
meanDensity_g_per_cm3 1.39 ⓘ
meanRadius_km 584.7 ⓘ
meanSurfaceTemperature_K ~75 ⓘ
namedAfter Umbriel (spirit of darkness in Alexander Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock”) ⓘ
linked to: Umbriel
nameOrigin character from Alexander Pope’s poem “The Rape of the Lock” ⓘ
neighboringMoons Ariel ⓘ
Titania ⓘ
notableSurfaceFeature Wunda crater ⓘ
fluorescent-looking bright ring on floor of Wunda crater ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity 0.0039 ⓘ
orbitalInclination_degrees 0.128 ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 4.144 ⓘ
orbits Uranus ⓘ
parentPlanet Uranus ⓘ
positionAmongMajorUranianMoonsByDistance third closest ⓘ
primaryBody Uranus ⓘ
reflectivityComparedToOtherUranianMoons lower ⓘ
rotationPeriod_days 4.144 ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km 266000 ⓘ
shape roughly spherical ⓘ
surfaceBrightness low ⓘ
surfaceColor dark ⓘ
surfaceComposition dark non-ice material ⓘ
water ice ⓘ
surfaceFeatureType heavily cratered terrain ⓘ
synchronousRotation true ⓘ
tectonicFeaturesPresence limited ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Uranus → largeMoon → Umbriel ⓘ
Oberon → catalogDesignation → Uranus IV ⓘ
linked to: Umbriel
Umbriel → namedAfter → Umbriel (spirit of darkness in Alexander Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock”) ⓘ
linked to: Umbriel
William Lassell → discovered → Umbriel ⓘ
Uranian system → hasMajorMoon → Umbriel ⓘ
Wunda crater → locatedOn → Umbriel ⓘ
Wokolo → locatedOn → Umbriel ⓘ
Wokolo → surfaceFeatureOf → Umbriel ⓘ
Wokolo → hasParentBody → Umbriel ⓘ