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INNER SATELLITES OF URANUS : PUCK (U-15)
An image of Uranus system where rings, satellites Ariel (the largest), Miranda and Puck (the smaller, bottom) appear. This image was taken on 2 May 1999 by the 3m60 telescope of the European Southern Observatory in La Silla (Chile) equipped with Adonis camera with adptative optics.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| distance from Uranus | 86 004 km |
| average size | 154 km |
| visual magnitude | 20.2 |
| revolution period | 0.761 day |
| rotation period | 0.761 day |
| Orbital velocity | 8 km/s |
| inclination of the orbit on the Uranus' equator |
0.31° |
| eccentricity of the orbit | 0.00005 |
| reflectivity (geometric albedo) | 0.07 |
Puck (Uranus XV) was discovered by space probe Voyager 2 in 1985 and was then observed from the ground floor.