Trinculo
Discovery
Trinculo was discovered on Aug. 13, 2001 by Matthew Holman, John J. Kavelaars and Dan Milisavljevic at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, British Columbia, and by using the 4-m reflector at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
Overview
About 11 miles (18 kilometers) in diameter (assuming an albedo of 0.04), Trinculo is a small, dark moon orbiting Uranus in the opposite direction from the regular moons and the planet's rotation (called a retrograde orbit).
How Trinculo Got its Name
Originally called S/2001 U1, Trinculo was named for the jester in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest."
