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Oberon comparison table |
Subject | has rotational period | is part of | is a kind of | is an instance of | has orbital period | has radiu | has discovery date | has definition | has discoverer |
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natural satellite | satellite | Body orbiting a planet. Since 1957 the term has also been applied to man-made (artificial) satellites; many astronomers make the distinction by calling natural satellites moons (and the Earth's natural satellite the Moon). | |||||||
Oberon | 13.46 days | Uranus | natural satellite | P = 13.46 days | R ≥ 500 km | 1787 | Outermost satellite of Uranus. | Herschel |
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