Mab (moon)

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/mab-moon

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How big is Mab (moon)?Shepherd moon for Uranus's inner diffuse ring
2. What is the designation?S/2003 U 1
3. What is the orbital radius?Average 129,000 km from Uranus's center
4. What is Mab and where does it orbit?Mab is a very small moon of Uranus, about 24 kilometers wide, and it orbits close to the planet.
5. How fast does Mab orbit Uranus?Mab circles Uranus in just about 14 Earth hours, making it one of the fastest moons in that system.

Minor Satellite: A small moon, often irregular in shape, orbiting a planet.
Gravitational Influence: The effect of a celestial body's mass on the motion of other objects nearby.
Micrometeoroids: Tiny particles of rock and dust in space, smaller than meteoroids.