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Key facts
- Discovered by
- John J. Kavelaars Brett J. Gladman Matthew J. Holman Jean-Marc Petit Hans Scholl
- Discovery date
- July 18, 1999
- Designation
- Uranus XIX
- Pronunciation
- / ˈ s ɛ t ɛ b ʌ s / , /- b ɒ s /
- Adjectives
- Setebosian / ˌ s ɛ t ɛ ˈ b oʊ s i ə n /
- Mean orbit radius
- 17,418,000 km
- Orbital period sidereal
- 2225.21 d
- Inclination
- 158° (to the ecliptic )
- Satellite of
- Uranus
- Mean diameter
- 47 km , <50 km
- Synodic rotation period
- 4.255 ± 0.017 h
- Albedo
- 0.04 (Assumed) >0,03
- Apparent magnitude
- 23,3
- Absolute magnitude h
- 10,6
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Encyclopedic overview
Setebos /ˈsɛtɛbʌs/ also known as Uranus XIX is one of the largest retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus
Animation of discovery images taken in July 1999
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Setebos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.