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...

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...

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...

planet without any known irregular moons until 1997, when astronomers using ground-based telescopes discovered Sycorax and Caliban. From 1999 to 2003, astronomers...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

exception of Sycorax and Puck orbiting Uranus, some of the moons of Neptune and several trans-Neptunian objects, particularly Dysnomia, the moon of Eris....

permanent schemes), and the discoverer(s) listed. Historically the naming of moons did not always match the times of their discovery. Traditionally, the discoverer...

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...

orbital parameters suggest that it may belong to the same dynamic cluster as Sycorax and Setebos, suggesting common origin. However, this suggestion does not...

Animation of Francisco's orbit around Uranus.    Uranus    Sycorax    Francisco    Caliban    Stephano    Trinculo...

Animation of several irregular moons' orbits around Uranus, including that of Stephano's.    Uranus  ·    Sycorax ·    Francisco  ·    Caliban  ·    Stephano...

discoveries, among them confirmation of a then-newly discovered moon of Uranus, Sycorax. On 11 February 1998, the outer main-belt asteroid 7639 Offutt...

The naming of moons has been the responsibility of the International Astronomical Union's committee for Planetary System Nomenclature since 1973. That...

distance through space. The Sycorax first appeared in the debut Tenth Doctor story "The Christmas Invasion" (2005). The Sycorax appear to be skinless humanoids...

System, asteroids, Kuiper Belt comets, and many moons of the giant planets: Uranus: Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, and Ferdinand Saturn:...

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...

Umbriel Titania Oberon Francisco Caliban Stephano S/2023 U 1 Trinculo Sycorax Margaret Prospero Setebos Ferdinand History of Uranus Exploration of Uranus...

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...

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...

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...

leaves as Sycorax arrives. Upon metamorphosing into her butterfly-like adult stage, Lucy uses the Caracara leaves in her body to crystallize Sycorax causing...

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...

(Discworld) Geoffrey Swivel (Discworld) Deirdre Swoop (The Worst Witch) Sycorax (The Tempest) Sally Rumeno (‘’Sally the Witch’’) T The T*Witches: Camryn...

Nicholson — Phil Nicholson 1 1951–pres. P. Nicholson; Philip D. Nicholson, Sycorax P. Nicholson (7220) Seth Barnes Nicholson 2 1891–1963 S. B. Nicholson;...