Oberon (moon)

Oberon is the farthest big moon of the planet Uranus. It is made of about half ice and half rock.
With a mean radius of about 760 km, Oberon is the second biggest moon of Uranus's 27 moons. It orbits Uranus about every 13.4 days.

It was found on January 11, 1787 by William Herschel, in the same year he found Titania. It was named after a Oberon, King of the Fairies, a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Oberon has several large impact craters where it has been hit by meteorites. These were photographed by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986 as it flew passed. Scientists also believe there is a mountain that could be   high on the moon.

Surface features
Craters on Oberon are named after characters in the plays of William Shakespeare.

+ Named surface features on Oberon Feature Named after Type Length (diameter), km Coordinates Mommur Chasma Mommur, from French folklore Chasma 537  Antony Mark Antony Crater 47  Caesar Julius Caesar 76  Coriolanus Coriolanus 120  Falstaff Falstaff 124  Hamlet Hamlet 206  Lear King Lear 126  MacBeth Macbeth 203  Othello Othello 114  Romeo Romeo 159 

Other websites
Information and photos of Oberon
 USGS: Oberon nomenclature

References

Category:Uranus' moons