Sycorax

Summary

Sycorax is a moon of Uranus^[1]. Sycorax draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_uranus category, ranking #10 of 29).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sycorax is credited with the discovery of Brett J. Gladman^[3].
• Sycorax is credited with the discovery of Phil Nicholson^[4].
• Sycorax is credited with the discovery of Joseph A. Burns^[5].
• Sycorax is credited with the discovery of John J. Kavelaars^[6].
• Sycorax's image is recorded as Sycorax motion.gif^[7].
• Sycorax's instance of is recorded as moon of Uranus^[8].
• Sycorax's instance of is recorded as irregular moon^[9].
• Sycorax is named after Sycorax^[10].
• Sycorax's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Sycorax symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• Sycorax's Commons category is recorded as Sycorax (moon)^[12].
• Sycorax's parent astronomical body is recorded as Uranus^[13].
• Sycorax's provisional designation is recorded as S/1997 U 2^[14].
• Sycorax's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-09-06T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Sycorax's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rf9g^[16].
• Sycorax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5224'}^[17].
• Sycorax's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+20.8'}^[18].
• Sycorax's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031725^[19].
• Sycorax's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+153.22796'}^[20].
• Sycorax's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14754979', 'amount': '+2.7'}^[21].
• Sycorax's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1286.28'}^[22].
• Sycorax's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+258.56478'}^[23].
• Sycorax's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+12179000'}^[24].
• Sycorax's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+18535000'}^[25].
• Sycorax's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5823000'}^[26].
• Sycorax's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.29680'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Brett J. Gladman^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1966^[29], of Canada^[30], awarded the Harold C. Urey Prize^[31], specialised in astronomy^[32]; Phil Nicholson^[4], an astronomer^[33], b. 1951^[34], of United States^[35], awarded the Masursky Award^[36]; Joseph A. Burns^[5], an astronomer^[37], 1941–2025^[38], of United States^[39], awarded the Masursky Award^[40]; and John J. Kavelaars^[6], an astronomer^[41], b. 1966^[42], of Canada^[43].

Why It Matters

Sycorax draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_uranus category, ranking #10 of 29).^[2] Sycorax has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] Sycorax is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]