Umbriel
moon of Uranus
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Summary
Umbriel is a moon of Uranus[1]. Umbriel draws 1,822 Wikipedia views per month (moon of uranus category, ranking #5 of 29).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: William Lassell[3]
- Instance of: regular moon[4]
- Named after: Umbriel[5]
- Commons category: Umbriel (moon)[6]
- Parent astronomical body: Uranus[7]
- Provisional designation: Uranus II[8]
- Time of discovery or invention: October 24, 1851[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Umbriel[10]
- Commons gallery: Umbriel[11]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.0039[12]
- Apparent magnitude: 14.5[13]
- Topic has template: Template:GeoTemplate/umbriel[14]
- Orbital inclination: 0.128 degree[15]
- Density: 1.39 gram per cubic centimetre[16]
- Mass: 1.1717 yottagram[17]
- Radius: 584.7 km[18]
- Orbital period: 4.144 day[19]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 266,300 km[20]
- Apoapsis: 267,023 km[21]
- Periapsis: 264,949 km[22]
- Diameter: 1169.4 km[23]
- Albedo: 0.26[24]
Body
Influence
Things named for Umbriel include Mount Umbriel[25], a mountain[26].
Why It Matters
Umbriel has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Umbriel is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for Umbriel include Mount Umbriel[25], a mountain[26].