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Puck - copyright Calvin J. HamiltonDiscovered by Stephen Synnott in 1985, Puck is the tenth known satellite of Uranus and was named after a fairy Shakespeare's play Midsummer Night's Dream.



PHYSICAL DATA FOR PUCK
 Mass (kg)
 Mass (Earth = 1)
 Radius (km) 77
 Radius (Earth = 1) 1.92073e - 02
 Mean Density (g/cm3)
 Mean Distance from Uranus (km) 86,010
 Magnitude (V0) 20.2



ORBITAL DATA FOR PUCK
 Rotational period (days)
 Orbital period (days) 0.761832
 Mean orbital velocity (km/s) 8.22
 Orbital eccentricity 0.000
 Orbital inclination (degrees) 0.31
 Escape (km/s)
 Albedo 0.07



Physical Data Key
Mass Mass
Mass Mass compared to that of Earth.
Radius Radius
Radius Radius compared to that of Earth.
Mean Density Average Density.
Distance Distance to the planet's center.
Magnitude The brightness of a star or object.
Orbital Data Key
Rotational Period Number of days to make one complete rotation.
Orbital Period Number of days to obital the planet.
Mean Orbital Velocity Average obital speed.
Orbital Eccentricity Eccentricity.
Orbital Inclination The tilt of the moon or planet.
Escape Escape Velocity.
Albedo Visual geometric albedo.




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