Sights Set on Uranus.
Published In: Sky & Telescope, 2023, v. 146, n. 1. P. 14 1 of 3
Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3
Authored By: Lakdawalla, Emily 3 of 3
Abstract
In kilometers, Oberon lies 1.5 times farther from Uranus than the Moon does from Earth, but because Uranus is so much bigger than Earth, that's less than 23 Uranian radii out - the Moon orbits 60 Earth radii away. FEATURES PLANETARY EXPLORATION SIDELONG GLANCE This false-color infrared image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows Uranus girthed by its rings and some of its moons. Uranus also has a set of spherical, mid-size icy moons to explore; only one of Neptune's moons is round, but it's big and likely captured from the Kuiper Belt. [Extracted from the article]
Additional Information
- Source:Sky & Telescope. 2023/07, Vol. 146, Issue 1, p14
- Document Type:Article
- Subject Area:Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Publication Date:2023
- ISSN:0037-6604
- Accession Number:163776310
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