Titania (GIF, 327K)

Uranus III

Titania [Ty-TAY-ne-ah] is the largest moon of Uranus. It is marked by a few large impact basins, but is generally covered with small craters and very rough rocks. The above image shows a 1,600 kilometer (1,000 mile) long trench. A large double walled crater can be seen towards the top of the image. There are many faults on Titania indicating there has been internal forces molding its surface.

Titania Statistics

Discovered by .............................. William Herschel
Date of discovery ...................................... 1787

Mass (kg) .......................................... 3.49e+21
Mass (Earth = 1) ................................. 5.8400e-04
Equatorial radius (km) ................................ 788.9
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) .................... 1.2369e-01
Mean density (gm/cm^3) ................................. 1.70

Mean distance from Uranus (km) ...................... 435,840
Rotational period (days) ........................... 8.705872
Orbital period (days) .............................. 8.705872
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) ......................... 3.65

Orbital eccentricity ................................. 0.0022
Orbital inclination .................................... 0.14°

Escape velocity (km/sec) .............................. 0.768

Visual geometric albedo ................................ 0.27
Magnitude (Vo) ........................................ 13.73

Uranus Umbriel Oberon

Author: Calvin J. Hamilton.