Caliban

Summary

Caliban is a moon of Uranus^[1]. Caliban draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_uranus category, ranking #11 of 29).^[2]

Key Facts

• Caliban is credited with the discovery of Phil Nicholson^[3].
• Caliban is credited with the discovery of Brett J. Gladman^[4].
• Caliban is credited with the discovery of Joseph A. Burns^[5].
• Caliban is credited with the discovery of John J. Kavelaars^[6].
• Caliban's image is recorded as Caliban feat.png^[7].
• Caliban's instance of is recorded as moon of Uranus^[8].
• Caliban's instance of is recorded as irregular moon^[9].
• Caliban's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[10].
• Caliban is named after Caliban^[11].
• Caliban's Commons category is recorded as Caliban (moon)^[12].
• Caliban's parent astronomical body is recorded as Uranus^[13].
• Caliban's provisional designation is recorded as S/1997 U 1^[14].
• Caliban's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-09-06T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Caliban's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01d9j7^[16].
• Caliban's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.082347'}^[17].
• Caliban's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031722^[18].
• Caliban's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+139.90814'}^[19].
• Caliban's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+1.5'}^[20].
• Caliban's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+300'}^[21].
• Caliban's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+36'}^[22].
• Caliban's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+579.26'}^[23].
• Caliban's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+7231000'}^[24].
• Caliban's NAIF ID is recorded as 716^[25].
• Caliban's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.040'}^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Phil Nicholson^[3], an astronomer^[27], b. 1951^[28], of United States^[29], awarded the Masursky Award^[30]; Brett J. Gladman^[4], an astronomer^[31], b. 1966^[32], of Canada^[33], awarded the Harold C. Urey Prize^[34], specialised in astronomy^[35]; Joseph A. Burns^[5], an astronomer^[36], 1941–2025^[37], of United States^[38], awarded the Masursky Award^[39]; and John J. Kavelaars^[6], an astronomer^[40], b. 1966^[41], of Canada^[42].

Why It Matters

Caliban draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_uranus category, ranking #11 of 29).^[2] Caliban has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] Caliban is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]