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Titania (moon)

Titania

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Discovery
Discovered byWilliam Herschel
Discovered inJanuary 11, 1787
Orbital characteristics
Mean radius 463,300 km
Eccentricity0.0017
Orbital period8.71 days
Inclination0.08°
Is a satellite ofUranus
Physical characteristics
Equatorial diameter1610 km
Surface area7,800,000 km2
Mass3.526×1021kg
Mean density1.71 g/cm3
Surface gravity0.378 m/s2
Rotation period8.71 days
Axial tilt 
Albedo0.28
Surface temp
minmeanmax
KKK
Atmospheric pressure 

Titania is the largest moon of Uranus. Titania was discovered on January 11, 1787 by William Herschel. All of the moons of Uranus are named for characters from Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. Names for the first four discovered moons of Uranus, Oberon, Titania, Ariel and Umbriel, were given by John Herschel, the son of William. Titania was named after Titania, the Queen of the Faeries in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Titania is composed of roughly 50% water ice, 30% silicate rock, and 20% methane-related organic compounds. A major surface feature is a huge canyon that dwarfs the scale of the Grand Canyon on Earth and is in the same class as the Valles Marineris on Mars or the Ithaca Chasma on Saturn's moon Tethys.