Oberon
A moon of Uranus
Features
- Half water, half ice
- Stable since formation
- Unidentified substance
- Dirty water?- unidentified substance
- Half water-ice, half rocky material
- Ejecta materials- bright rays
- Heavily crated
- One large mountain-(6km of surface)
- Named after The king of fairies.
Full moon
This is oberon when its orbiting uranus and at full moon. Normally this color when its shining towars the south.
Oberon
This is what it looks like when its at full moon facing the north. Also changes while orbiting the moon.
Uranus from its moon Oberon
This is a picture of Oberon from the view of Uranus. it looks like Oberon is acually falling from the sy but its not its orbiting Uranus.
Discription
- Discovered by William Herchel
- Named after characters- Moons in uranus
- Discovered in 1787
- 35% larger then Umbreil
- Second largest moon around Uranus.
Sources
Works Cited Baerg, Greg. "Oberon." Views of the Solar systems. www.nasa.gov, 14 May 2012. Web. 1 Jan. Created using MLA Citation Maker on www.oslis.org. Works Cited Feduccia, Alan. "Oberon." World book. 2011 ed. Print. Oberon. 2012. google images. Web. 25 Nov.2012. <https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi>.
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