regular moons. With a diameter of over 150 kilometres (93 mi), it is the largest irregular moon of Uranus. It has been theorized that Sycorax is a captured...
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Sycorax /ˈsɪkəræks/ is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest (1611). She is a vicious and powerful witch and the mother of Caliban...
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Sycorax is a character mentioned though not seen in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Sycorax may also refer to: Sycorax (moon), a moon of Uranus...
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planet without any known irregular moons until 1997, when astronomers using ground-based telescopes discovered Sycorax and Caliban. From 1999 to 2003, astronomers...
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and John J. Kavelaars using the 200-inch Hale Telescope together with Sycorax and given the temporary designation S/1997 U 1. Designated Uranus XVI,...
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Natural satellite (redirect from Moon satellite)
satellite). Natural satellites are colloquially referred to as moons, a derivation from the Moon of Earth. In the Solar System, there are six planetary satellite...
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of Jupiter, Phoebe of Saturn, Sycorax of Uranus, and Triton of Neptune. Triton is rather unusual for an irregular moon; if it is excluded, then Nereid...
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but different from Sycorax (which is light red). A crater on Umbriel is also named after Setebos, but with the spelling Setibos. Moons of Uranus Irregular...
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List of natural satellites (redirect from Moon list)
or moons. At least 19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally rounded; of these, all are covered by a crust of ice except for Earth's Moon and...
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see p. 9 of Smith & Baum, 1984. Largest irregular moons: Saturn's Phoebe (210 km), Uranus's Sycorax (160 km), and Jupiter's Himalia (140 km) Mass of Triton:...
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witch Sycorax in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest Caliban upon Setebos, an 1864 Robert Browning poem describing the musings of Sycorax's son, Caliban...
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exception of Sycorax and Puck orbiting Uranus, some of the moons of Neptune and several trans-Neptunian objects, particularly Dysnomia, the moon of Eris....
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Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Trinculo is the second smallest of Uranus' 27 moons after Ferdinand and is approximately only 18 km wide. Uranus' natural satellites...
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permanent schemes), and the discoverer(s) listed. Historically the naming of moons did not always match the times of their discovery. Traditionally, the discoverer...
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Animation of Francisco's orbit around Uranus. Uranus Sycorax Francisco Caliban Stephano Trinculo...
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discoveries, among them confirmation of a then-newly discovered moon of Uranus, Sycorax. On 11 February 1998, the outer main-belt asteroid 7639 Offutt...
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orbital parameters suggest that it may belong to the same dynamic cluster as Sycorax and Setebos, suggesting common origin. However, this suggestion does not...
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Animation of Stephano's orbit around Uranus. Uranus · Sycorax · Francisco · Caliban · Stephano · Trinculo...
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Brett J. Gladman (category Discoverers of moons)
System, asteroids, Kuiper Belt comets, and many moons of the giant planets: Uranus: Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, and Ferdinand Saturn:...
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The naming of moons has been the responsibility of the International Astronomical Union's committee for Planetary System Nomenclature since 1973. That...
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Caliban's mother was the witch Sycorax: This mis-shapen knave, His mother was a witch; and one so strong That could control the moon, make flows and ebbs, And...
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pass without being attacked by the calibani. Caliban: a monster, son of Sycorax and servant of Prospero, whom John Clute describes as "a cross between...
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List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens (redirect from Sycorax (Doctor Who))
distance through space. The Sycorax first appeared in the debut Tenth Doctor story "The Christmas Invasion" (2005). The Sycorax appear to be skinless humanoids...
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Outline of Uranus (section Inner moons of Uranus)
Umbriel Titania Oberon Francisco Caliban Stephano S/2023 U 1 Trinculo Sycorax Margaret Prospero Setebos Ferdinand History of Uranus Exploration of Uranus...
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or Neptune for long-term study of their moons. For the small outer irregular moons of Uranus, such as Sycorax, which were not discovered by the Voyager...
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leaves as Sycorax arrives. Upon metamorphosing into her butterfly-like adult stage, Lucy uses the Caracara leaves in her body to crystallize Sycorax causing...
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on Setebos, the brutal god believed in by himself and his late mother Sycorax. Some scholars see Browning as being of the belief that God is in the eye...
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Nicholson — Phil Nicholson 1 1951–pres. P. Nicholson; Philip D. Nicholson, Sycorax P. Nicholson (7220) Seth Barnes Nicholson 2 1891–1963 S. B. Nicholson;...
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Kavelaars using the 200-inch Hale Telescope. The other Uranian moon discovered then is Sycorax (initial designation S/1997 U 2) and was also discovered using...
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United Kingdom Sunrise in My Mind Tngaireah knong chet Danech San Cambodia Sycorax Lois Patiño, Matías Piñeiro Spain, Portugal Techno, Mama Saulius Baradinskas...
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