Francisco (/frænˈsɪskoʊ/ fran-SIS-koh) 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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density (μ3)
1300.0
mass (kg)
7200.0
mean radius (km)
11000.0
orbital period (μ)
2.30308e+07
surface area (km2)
1.5e+09
temperature (K)
65.0
volume (km3)
6e+12
albedo
0.04
discovery date
2001-08-13
discoverer
Dan Milisavljevic, John J. Kavelaars, Matthew J. Holman, Brett J. Gladman
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