Setebos | |
Mpc Name: | Uranus XIX |
Pronounced: | ,[1] [2] |
Adjectives: | Setebosian [3] |
Discoverer: | |
Discovered: | July 18, 1999 |
Mean Orbit Radius: | 17,418,000 km |
Eccentricity: | 0.5914 |
Period: | 2225.21 d |
Inclination: | 158° (to the ecliptic) |
Satellite Of: | Uranus |
Mean Radius: | 24 km (estimate) <50 km |
Surface Area: | ~7200 km2 (estimate) |
Volume: | ~58,000 km3 (estimate) |
Mass: | ~7.5 kg (estimate) |
Surface Grav: | ~0.0063 m/s2 (estimate) |
Escape Velocity: | ~0.0204 km/s (estimate) |
Density: | ~1.3 g/cm3 (assumed) |
Rotation: | 4.255 ± 0.017 h |
Axial Tilt: | ? |
Albedo: | 0.04 (assumed) |
Single Temperature: | ~65 K (estimate) |
Setebos is one of the outermost retrograde irregular satellites of Uranus. It was discovered on 18 July 1999 by John J. Kavelaars et al. and provisionally designated S/1999 U 1.
Confirmed as Uranus XIX, it is named after the god worshipped by Caliban and Sycorax in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
The orbital parameters suggest that it may belong to the same dynamic cluster as Sycorax and Prospero, suggesting common origin. However, this suggestion does not appear to be supported by the observed colours. The satellite appears neutral (grey) in visible light (colour indices similar to Prospero but different from Sycorax (which is light red).
A crater on Umbriel is also named after Setebos, but with the spelling Setibos.