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Francisco

Uranus XXII

Proper NameFrancisco
DesignationUranus XXII
Primary PlanetUranus
Family / ClassRetrograde irregular moons
Orbital Period267 days (retrograde)
Distance from UranusSemi-Major Axis: 4,283,000 km
Periapsis: 3,716,000 km
Apoapsis: 4,850,000 km
Eccentricity0.1324
Rotation PeriodNot known
Mean Diameterc. 22 km
NotesThis tiny moon of Uranus is named for a minor character in Shakespeare's The Tempest. Its orbit carries it far outside the large inner regular moons of Uranus, and it is the innermost of a group nine known small moons following distant and irregular orbits around the ice giant planet.

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