• 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 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Trinculo is the second smallest of Uranus' 28 moons after Ferdinand and is approximately only 18 km wide. Uranus' natural satellites...
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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 Francisco's orbit around Uranus.    Uranus    Sycorax    Francisco    Caliban    Stephano    Trinculo...
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    Animation of several irregular moons' orbits around Uranus, including that of Stephano's.    Uranus  ·    Sycorax ·    Francisco  ·    Caliban  ·    Stephano...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • (Discworld) Geoffrey Swivel (Discworld) Deirdre Swoop (The Worst Witch) Sycorax (The Tempest) Sally Rumeno (‘’Sally the Witch’’) T The T*Witches: Camryn...
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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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