Oberon

Moon

The outermost major moon of Uranus, heavily cratered with a reddish surface.

Facts

TypeMoon
OrbitsUranus
Distance from parent body583,500 km
Diameter1,523 km
Mass3.10 × 10^21 kg
Surface gravity0.35 m/s²
Temperature-212°C
Orbital period13 days
Apparent magnitude14.1
Redshift0
Discovered1787

Oberon in context

At 1,523 km across, Oberon is 44 percent of the diameter of Earth's Moon.

Its mass is less than a thousandth of the mass of Earth.

It orbits Uranus at 583,500 km, further out than the Moon orbits Earth.

A single orbit takes 13.5 days.

An average temperature of 61 K works out at -212 degrees Celsius, colder than the 15 degrees Earth averages.

It has been on record since 1787.

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