Trinculo (moon)

Trinculo "(tring'-kew-loe," IPAEng|ˈtrɪŋkjʊlɔʊ) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Holman, "et al". on 2001-08-13, and given the temporary designation S/2001 U 1.IAU Circular [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/07900/07980.html IAUC 7980: S/2001 U 1] , September 30, 2002]
Gladman, B. J.; Kavelaars, J. J.; Holman, M. J.; Petit, J.-M.; Scholl, H., Nicholson, P. D.; and Burns, J. A.; "The Discovery of Uranus XIX, XX, and XXI", Icarus, 147 (2000), pp. 320–324]

Confirmed as Uranus XXI, it was named after the drunken jester Trinculo in William Shakespeare's play "The Tempest".

ee also

*Uranus' natural satellites
*irregular satellites

References

External links

* [http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jewitt/irregulars.html David C. Jewitt pages]
* [http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/sheppard/satellites/urasatdata.html Uranus' Known Satellites] (by Scott S. Sheppard)
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/NatSats/NaturalSatellites.html Ephemeris IAU-NSES]