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Cupid

Moon of Uranus

Also known as Uranus XXVII · S/2003 U 2

Orbits: Uranus
Mass: 3 exagram
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Radius: 18 km
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1.Stated in NASA FACTSssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_par
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Orbital period: 0.618 days
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1.Stated in NASA FACTSssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_par
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Semi-major axis: 74,392 km
Discovered by: Mark Robert Showalter
, Jack J. Lissauer
Discovered: August 25, 2003

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Cupid is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Mark R. Showalter and Jack J. Lissauer in 2003 using the Hubble Space Telescope. Following its discovery, Cupid was given the temporary designation S/2003 U 2. It is also designated Uranus XXVII. It was named after a character in William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens.

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Provisional designation: S/2003 U 2
Named after: Cupid
Eccentricity: 0.0013
Part of: Portia Group
Inclination: 0.1 degree
Volume as quantity: 3,000 cubic kilometre
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1.Stated in NASA FACTSssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_par
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Albedo: 0.07
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1.Stated in NASA FACTSssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_par
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Temperature: 64 K sourcing circumstances: mean

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3 identifiers linking Cupid across the web's reference databases

Freebase ID/m/039300
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7031715
NAIF ID727

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