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Key facts
- Discovered by
- Matthew J. Holman John J. Kavelaars Dan Milisavljevic Brett J. Gladman
- Discovery date
- August 13, 2001 (independently rediscovered in 2003 )
- Designation
- Uranus XXIV
- Pronunciation
- / ˈ f ɜːr d ə n æ n d /
- Adjectives
- Ferdinandian / f ɜːr d ə ˈ n æ n d i ə n /
- Mean orbit radius
- 20,901,000 km
- Orbital period sidereal
- 2887.21 d, (7.9 years)
- Inclination
- 170° (to the ecliptic )
- Satellite of
- Uranus
- Mean radius
- 6 km (estimate)
- Surface area
- ~1300 km (estimate)
- Volume
- ~4200 km (estimate)
- Mass
- ~5.4 × 10 kg (estimate)
- Mean density
- ~1.3 g/cm (assumed)
- Synodic rotation period
- 11.84 ± 0.22 h
- Axial tilt
- ?
- Albedo
- 0.04 (assumed)
- Temperature
- ~65 K (estimate)
via Wikipedia infobox