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hor_green_bar1.jpg Umbriel hor_green_bar1.jpg


Umbriel - copyright Calvin J. HamiltonDiscovered by William Lassell in 1851, Umbriel is an old moon of Uranus roughly the size of Ariel, with a radial measurement of 584.7 kilometers and a mass of 1.27e+21 kilograms. The surface is full of large craters and has an interesting feature on the northern pole of the planet: a bright ring called the fluorescent cheerio (possibly a crater floor).




PHYSICAL DATA FOR UMBRIEL
 Mass (kg) 1.27e + 21
 Mass (Earth = 1) 2.1252e - 04
 Radius (km) 584.7
 Radius (Earth = 1) 9.1675e - 02
 Mean Density (g/cm3) 1.52
 Mean Distance from Uranus (km) 265,970
 Magnitude (V0) 14.81



ORBITAL DATA FOR UMBRIEL
 Rotational period (days) 4.144177
 Orbital period (days) 4.144177
 Mean orbital velocity (km/s) 4.67
 Orbital eccentricity 0.0050
 Orbital inclination (degrees) 0.36
 Escape (km/s) 0.538
 Albedo 0.18



Physical Data Key
Mass Mass
Mass Mass compared to that of Earth.
Radius Radius
Radius Radius compared to that of Earth.
Mean Density Average Density.
Distance Distance to the planet's center.
Magnitude The brightness of a star or object.
Orbital Data Key
Rotational Period Number of days to make one complete rotation.
Orbital Period Number of days to obital the planet.
Mean Orbital Velocity Average obital speed.
Orbital Eccentricity Eccentricity.
Orbital Inclination The tilt of the moon or planet.
Escape Escape Velocity.
Albedo Visual geometric albedo.




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