Uranus

Uranus

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UranusUranus is the 7th planet from the Sun with an average distance of 5 AU or 2.871 x 109 km. It takes 84.099 Earth years to orbit the Sun, and rotates at a rate of 1 rotation every 17.24 hours.

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An observation of a mutual event between two satellites of Uranus

We present observations of the occultation of Umbriel by Oberon on 2007 May 4. We believe this is the first observed mutual event between satellites of Uranus. Fitting a simple geometric model to the light curve, we measure the mid-event time with a precision of 4 s. We assume previously measured values for the albedos of the two satellites, and measure the impact parameter to be 500 +/- 80 km. These measurements are more precise than estimates based on current ephemerides for these satellites. Therefore observations of additional mutual events during
Hidas, M. G., Christou, A. A., & Brown, T. M. 2008, MNRAS, 384, L38
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