Puck (moon) 53348 219907388 2008-06-17T12:07:36Z DOI bot 6652755 Citation maintenance. You can [[WP:DOI|use this bot]] yourself! Please [[User:DOI_bot/bugs|report any bugs]]. <!-- Scroll down to edit the contents of this page. Additional parameters for this template are available at [[Template:Infobox Planet]]. --> {{Infobox Planet | name = Puck | image = [[Image:puck.png|200px]] | bgcolour = #ffc0c0 | discovery = yes | discoverer = [[Stephen P. Synnott]] / ''[[Voyager 2]]'' | discovered = [[December 30]], [[1985]] | mean_orbit_radius = 86,004.444 ± 0.064 [[kilometre|km]]<ref name=Jacobson1998>{{cite journal|last=Jacobson|first=R.A.|title=The Orbits of the Inner Uranian Satellites From Hubble Space Telescope and Voyager2 Observations|journal=The Astronomical Journal|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998AJ....115.1195J|year=1998|volume=115|pages=1195–1199|doi=10.1086/300263}}</ref> | eccentricity = 0.00012 ± 0.000061<ref name=Jacobson1998/> | period = 0.76183287 ± 0.000000014 d<ref name=Jacobson1998/> | inclination = 0.31921 ± 0.021° (to Uranus' equator)<ref name=Jacobson1998/> | satellite_of = [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]] | physical_characteristics = yes | mean_radius = 81 ± 2 km<ref name="Karkoschka2001b">{{cite journal|last=Karkoschka|first=Erich|authorlink=Erich Karkoschka|title=Voyager's Eleventh Discovery of a Satellite of Uranus and Photometry and the First Size Measurements of Nine Satellites|journal=Icarus|volume=151|pages=69–77|year=2001| doi=10.1006/icar.2001.6597|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001Icar..151...69K}}</ref> | surface_area = ~82,400 [[square kilometre|km²]]<ref name=stub1>Calculated on the basis of other parameters</ref> | volume = ~2,225,000 [[cubic kilometre|km³]]<ref name=stub1/> | mass = ~2.9{{e|18}} [[kilogram|kg]]<ref name=stub1/> | density = ~1.3 g/cm³ (assumed) | surface_grav = 0.028 [[Acceleration|m/s<sup>2</sup>]]<ref name=stub1/> | escape_velocity = 0.069 km/s <ref name=stub1/> | rotation = synchronous<ref name="Karkoschka2001b"/> | axial_tilt = zero<ref name="Karkoschka2001b"/> | albedo = 0.11 ± 0.1 (at 0.55 μm)<ref name="Karkoschka2001a">{{cite journal|last=Karkoschka|first=Erich|authorlink=Erich Karkoschka|title=Comprehensive Photometry of the Rings and 16 Satellites of Uranus with the Hubble Space Telescope|journal=Icarus|volume=151|pages=51–68|year=2001| doi=10.1006/icar.2001.6596|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001Icar..151...51K}}</ref> | single_temperature = ~64 [[Kelvin|K]]<ref name=stub1/> | magnitude = 20.2 <ref name=magnitude>{{cite web|title=Puck Statistics|url=http://www.solarviews.com/eng/puck.htm|accessdate=2007-10-01}}</ref> }} [[Image:Puck map (Stooke).jpg|thumb|left|100px|Map of Puck]] '''Puck''' ({{pronEng|ˈpʌk}} ''puk')'' is an [[inner satellite]] of [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]. Puck was discovered from the images taken by ''[[Voyager 2]]'' on [[1985-12-30]], and was given the temporary designation '''S/1985&nbsp;U&nbsp;1'''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=B.|coauthor=Hansen, C.|title=IAU Circular No. 4159|date=[[January 16]] 1986|url=http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/04100/04159.html#Item1|accessdate=2006-08-06}}</ref> In Celtic mythology and English folklore, a ''[[Puck (mythology)|Puck]]'' is a mischievous sprite, imagined as an evil demon by Christians; the moon is named after the Puck who appears in Shakespeare's ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', in which he travels around the globe at night with the [[fairy|fairies]]. It is also designated '''Uranus&nbsp;XV'''.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite web| title=Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers|work=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|publisher=USGS Astrogeology|date=[[July 21]] 2006|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html|accessdate=2006-08-06}}</ref> Puck is the largest of small [[inner satellite]]s of Uranus. It is intermediate in size between [[Portia (moon)|Portia]] and [[Miranda (moon)|Miranda]], the smallest of the five larger satellites. Puck's orbit is also located between these two moons. Little is known about it aside from its orbit,<ref name=Jacobson1998/> its radius about 81 km,<ref name="Karkoschka2001b"/> and its geometric [[albedo]] approximately 0.11.<ref name="Karkoschka2001a"/> Of the moons discovered by the ''Voyager&nbsp;2'' imaging team, only Puck was discovered early enough that the probe could be programmed to image it in some detail. Images showed that Puck has a shape of a slightly prolate [[spheroid]] (ratio between axises is 0.97 ± 0.04).<ref name="Karkoschka2001b"/>. Its surface is heavily cratered<ref name=Thomas1987>{{cite journal|last=Thomas|first=P.|coaurhors=Veverka, J.; Johnson, T.V.; et.al|title=Voyager observations of 1985U1|journal=Icarus|year=1987|volume=72|pages=79–83|doi=10.1016/0019-1035(87)90121-7|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987Icar...72...79T}}</ref> and is grey in color.<ref name="Karkoschka2001b"/> There are three named craters on the surface of Puck. Observations with [[Hubble Space Telescope]] and large terrestrial telescopes found water ice absorption features in the spectrum of Puck.<ref name="Karkoschka2001a"/><ref name=Dumas2003>{{cite journal|last=Dumas|first=Christophe|coaurhors=Smith, Bradford A.; and Terrile, Richard J.|title=Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS Multiband Photometry of Proteus and Puck|journal=Astronomical Journal|year=2003|volume=126|pages=1080–1085|doi=10.1086/375909|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003AJ....126.1080D}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== [http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Ura_Puck Puck Profile] by [http://solarsystem.nasa.gov NASA's Solar System Exploration] ==See also== *[http://www.strykfoto.org/outericymoons/icymoons.htm Page that includes a reprocessed version of the Voyager Puck image] *[[List of craters on Puck]] {{Uranus}} [[Category:Uranus' moons]] [[bs:Pak (mjesec)]] [[bg:Пък (спътник)]] [[cs:Puck (měsíc)]] [[cy:Puck (lloeren)]] [[da:Puck (måne)]] [[de:Puck (Mond)]] [[es:Puck (luna)]] [[fr:Puck (lune)]] [[hr:Pak]] [[it:Puck (astronomia)]] [[he:פוק]] [[ht:Pik]] [[lt:Pukas (palydovas)]] [[nl:Puck (maan)]] [[ja:パック (衛星)]] [[no:Puck (måne)]] [[nn:Uranusmånen Puck]] [[nds:Puck (Maand)]] [[pl:Puk (księżyc)]] [[pt:Puck]] [[ru:Пак (спутник)]] [[simple:Puck (moon)]] [[sk:Puck (mesiac)]] [[sl:Puk (luna)]] [[fi:Puck (kuu)]] [[sv:Puck (måne)]] [[zh:天卫十五]]