Francisco (moon)

Francisco "(fran-sis'-koe," IPAEng|frænˈsɪskɔʊ) is the innermost irregular satellite of Uranus.

Francisco was discovered by Matthew J. Holman, et al. and Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2003 from pictures taken in 2001 and given the provisional designation S/2001 U 3.Confirmed as Uranus XXII, it was named after a lord in William Shakespeare's play "The Tempest".cite web
title = Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers
work = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
publisher = USGS Astrogeology
date = July 21 2006
url = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html
accessdate = 2006-08-06 ]

ee also

*Uranus' natural satellites
*irregular satellites

References

External links

* [http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Ura_Francisco Francisco profile] by [http://solarsystem.nasa.gov NASA's Solar System Exploration]
* [http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jewitt/irregulars.html David 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]

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