Trinculo
Trinculo (Natural satellite). See its size, orbit and live position on a 3D map of the Solar System. Trinculo, also known as Uranus XXI and previously as S/2001 U 1, is a small irregular moon of Uranus on a very wide and elliptical orbit.
Trinculo, also known as Uranus XXI and previously as S/2001 U 1, is a small irregular moon of Uranus on a very wide and elliptical orbit. It was discovered on 13 August 2001 by Matthew J. Holman, JJ Kavelaars, and Dan Milisavljevic using the 4.0-meter Víctor M. Blanco Telescope at Cerro Tololo Observatory, Chile. It was named after Trinculo, a jester from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Trinculo orbits Uranus in the retrograde direction at an average distance of 8.5 million km (5.3 million mi) and takes about 749 Earth days to complete one orbit. Trinculo is estimated to be about 18 km (11 mi) in diameter and its surface might be dark and gray in color.
- Type: Natural satellite
- Orbiting: Uranus
- Orbital period: 749.0 days