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V∞- 03-25-2008
Umbriel, Uranus
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap960407.html Uranus's Moon Umbriel: A Mysterious Dark World Credit: Photo Credit: NASA, Voyager 2, Copyright Calvin J. Hamilton Explanation: Why is Umbriel so dark? This dark moon reflects only half the light of other Uranus' moons such as Ariel. And what is that bright ring at the top? Unfortunately, nobody yet knows. These questions presented themselves when Voyager 2 passed this satellite of Uranus in January 1986. Voyager found an old surface with unusually large craters, and determined Umbriel's composition to be about half ice and half rock. Umbriel is the fourth largest and third most distant of Uranus' five large moons. Umbriel was discovered in 1851 by William Lassell. :megaman:

X3n0 73rr4n- 10-16-2008

Umbriel on to Uranus' system http://dragonphysics.pbwiki.com/Uranus+moons Umbriel at Closest Approach NASA JPL

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