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Umbriel

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The path of Umbriel round Uranus, seen from above and drawn to scale, with the white dot at its nearest point. Orbit from NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, planetary satellites.

Kind: Moon of Uranus
Distance: 265,986 km from Uranus on average
Once round: 4.144 days
Path: very nearly a circle (eccentricity 0.004), tilted 0°
Size: 1,169 km across, 33.7 per cent of our Moon’s width
Density: 1.52 times water
Found: 1851, by W. Lassell

Uranus On the atlas In 3D

Umbriel, our Moon and Uranus, drawn to one scale from their measured sizes, as plain discs.

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What it looks like up close
What it is made of
How it was found
Spacecraft that have seen it
What is still unknown

Sources: NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, planetary satellites.