Umbriel

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4444.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4444. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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A mid-sized satellite of Uranus, discovered by William Lassell in 1851. Its diameter is 1170 km and it orbits the planet at a distance of 266 000 km. The satellite was not well imaged by Voyager 2; an ancient, cratered surface was visible, broken only by the bright-floored crater Wunda (diameter 160 km). Umbriel appears to be a primitive, undifferentiated body: one that has never melted internall...

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