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In order of distance from Neptune, the regular moons are Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Hippocamp, and Proteus. All but the outer two are within Neptune-synchronous orbit (Neptune's rotational period is 0.6713 day or 16 hours [20]) and thus are being tidally decelerated. Naiad, the closest regular moon, is also the second smallest ...
The known icy moons in this range are all ellipsoidal (except Proteus), but trans-Neptunian objects up to 450–500 km radius may be quite porous. [10] For simplicity and comparative purposes, the values are manually calculated assuming that the bodies are all spheres. The size of solid bodies does not include an object's atmosphere.
Moons of Uranus; P. Planetary-mass moon This page was last edited on 7 February 2021, at 17:58 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
[12] [22] All of the inner moons are intimately connected with the rings of Uranus, which probably resulted from the fragmentation of one or several small inner moons. [23] The two innermost moons, Cordelia and Ophelia , are shepherds of Uranus's ε ring, whereas the small moon Mab is a source of Uranus's outermost μ ring. [ 12 ]
Below is a list of the full moons in 2024, their dates, their names and why they were given that particular name, according to the Almanac: Wolf Moon on Jan. 25 Why this name: The howling of ...
Here is when you can see all the full moons in 2025. When are the full moons in 2025? Here are the 12 full moon dates of 2025, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac full moon calendar.
The usual English proper name for Earth's natural satellite is simply Moon, with a capital M. [19] [20] The noun moon is derived from Old English mōna, which (like all its Germanic cognates) stems from Proto-Germanic *mēnōn, [21] which in turn comes from Proto-Indo-European *mēnsis 'month' [22] (from earlier *mēnōt, genitive *mēneses) which may be related to the verb 'measure' (of time).
The names need to meet certain constraints in order to be approved by the International Astronomical Union, which oversees all names for objects in space and features on their surfaces.Jupiter's ...