Caliban

Summary

Caliban is a moon of Uranus^[1]. Caliban draws 26 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 instance of is recorded as moon of Uranus^[7].
• Caliban's instance of is recorded as irregular moon^[8].
• Caliban's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[9].
• Caliban is named after Caliban^[10].
• Caliban's Commons category is recorded as Caliban (moon)^[11].
• Caliban's parent astronomical body is recorded as Uranus^[12].
• Caliban's provisional designation is recorded as S/1997 U 1^[13].
• Caliban's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 6, 1997^[14].
• Caliban's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.082347'}^[15].
• Caliban's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+139.90814'}^[16].
• Caliban's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+1.5'}^[17].
• Caliban's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+300'}^[18].
• Caliban's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+36'}^[19].
• Caliban's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+579.26'}^[20].
• Caliban's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+7231000'}^[21].
• Caliban's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.040'}^[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include moon of Uranus^[7] and irregular moon^[8].

Origins

Caliban is named after Caliban^[10].

Why It Matters

Caliban draws 26 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.^[23] Caliban is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]