Margaret
Margaret is a small irregularly-shaped moon of Uranus.
Photo taken by the Subaru 8.3 meter telescope at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, August 2003.
Facts About Margaret:
- Margaret is the 24th moon from Uranus.
- It is the only irregularly-shaped moon of Uranus to orbit in the same direction as the planet's rotation. This is called a prograde orbit (the other way is a retrograde orbit).
Classification: Moon (orbiting Uranus)
Names: Margaret, Uranus XXIII, S/2003 U3
Discovered: 2003 by Scott Sheppard and David Jewitt
Naming: Named after a character in William Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing.
Diameter: 20 km
Mass: 5500000000000000 kg
Rotation period: 1687.01 Earth days
Orbit Radius: 14,345,000 km
Eccentricity: 0.66080000
Albedo: 0.0400
Volume: 4200 km3
Density: 1.3000 g/cm3
Surface Area: 1300 km2
Escape Velocity: 0.0085 km/s
Adjective: Margaretian