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Puck

Moons

Puck is the sixth-largest moon of Uranus and the largest of its inner moons, discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in December 1985. Its name follows the convention of naming Uranus's moons after characters from English literature, in this case drawn from the mischievous sprite in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Facts
Discovery Year
1985 2
Visibility
Telescope 1
Classification
Catalogue
Other or Uncatalogued 1
Connections

Targeted By

Voyager Program, Missions and Programs
Source Wikipedia: Puck (moon)
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1. Wikipedia: Puck (moon)
  • Article text
    Puck is the sixth-largest moon of Uranus, and its largest inner moon.
  • Infobox: magnitude
    19.75 ± 0.05
  • In Group: Moons of Uranus, Lead sentence
    Puck is the sixth-largest moon of Uranus, and its largest inner moon.
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2. Wikidata: Puck
Wikidata Q15662, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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