Quick facts
Parent planet
Diameter (mean)
18 km
Mass
3.9 × 10¹⁵ kg
5.3e-08 Moon masses
Mean orbital radius
8,504,000 km
Orbital period
749.2 Earth days
Discovery year
2001
Discoverer
Matthew J. Holman et al.
Naming origin
Drunken jester in The Tempest
Surface conditions
Trinculo is a tiny retrograde irregular moon of Uranus.
Missions and observations
Every Uranus-system mission has had an opportunity to image or characterize Trinculo. The list below is the Uranus-system mission catalog; specific Trinculo encounters are documented in mission archives.
| Mission | Year at Uranus | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Voyager 2 NASA |
1986 | Completed |
Naming etymology
Trinculo was the drunken jester in Shakespeare's The Tempest, companion to the butler Stephano. Adopted by the IAU in 2003.
Methodology & sources
Diameter, mass, and orbital parameters from JPL Solar System Dynamics — Physical Parameters. Discovery year and discoverer from the JPL Satellite Discovery Circumstances. Naming etymology from the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. Stylized SVG hero composed from NASA / JPL imagery as visual reference; no photographs are reproduced.