Caliban
Caliban (Uranus XVI, S/1997 U 1) is one of the outer retrograde irregular satellites of Uranus. It was discovered at the Palomar Observatory on 6 September 1997. It is named after monster character in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Caliban in Orbiter
Caliban was first introduced into Orbiter with the add-on uranus.zip in November 2002.
Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
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The Outer Planets 050125 | AVSIM | 050125 | Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn |
Scenery | 26 January 2005 | Orbiter 2005-P1 | |
Uranus Minor Moons | O-F Resources | 2004-12-14 | Nighthawke | Scenery | 14 December 2004 | ||
Uranus | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel | Scenery | 5 November 2002 |
Caliban imaged by the Palomar Observatory in 1997,
from Wikimedia Commons
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