Francisco (moon) explained

Francisco
Mpc Name:Uranus XXII
Pronounced:[1]
Adjectives:Franciscan, Fransiscian, Francisconian
Discoverer:
Discovered:August 13, 2001 (confirmed in 2003)
Mean Orbit Radius:4,276,000 km
Eccentricity:0.1459
Period:266.56 d
Inclination: 145° (to the ecliptic)
Satellite Of:Uranus
Mean Radius:11 km (estimate)
Surface Area:~1,500 km2 (estimate)
Volume:~6,000 km3 (estimate)
Mass:~7.2 kg (estimate)
Density:~1.3 g/cm3 (assumed)
Surface Grav:~0.0025 m/s2 (estimate)
Escape Velocity:~0.0094 km/s (estimate)
Rotation:?
Axial Tilt:?
Albedo:0.04 (assumed)
Single Temperature:~65 K (estimate)

Francisco is the innermost irregular satellite of Uranus.

Francisco was discovered by Matthew J. Holman, et al. and Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2003 from pictures taken in 2001 and given the provisional designation S/2001 U 3.Confirmed as Uranus XXII, it was named after a lord in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

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  1. Benjamin Smith (1903) The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia