Image of Umbriel Information Page

Umbriel Information Page

    Description

    Umbriel is a moon of Uranus discovered on October 24, 1851, by William Lassell. It was discovered at the same time as Ariel and named after a character in Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock. The surface is the darkest among Uranian moons. The Uranian system was flown by the spacecraft Voyager 2 in January 1986. It took several images of Umbriel, which allowed mapping of about 40% of the moon's surface.

    Identifier (LID)

    urn:nasa:pds:context:target:satellite.uranus.umbriel

    Version

    1.1

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