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Puck (moon), the Glossary

Puck is the sixth-largest moon of Uranus.^[1]

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596.

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Acceleration

In mechanics, acceleration is the rate of change of the velocity of an object with respect to time.

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Albedo

Albedo is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body.

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A bogle, boggle, or bogill is a Northumbrian,Rambles in Northumberland, and on the Scottish border... by William Andrew Chatto, Chapman and Hall, 1835 Cumbrian and Scots term for a ghost or folkloric being,The local historian's table book, of remarkable occurrences, historical facts, traditions, legendary and descriptive ballads connected with the counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham.

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Celtic mythology

Celtic mythology is the body of myths belonging to the Celtic peoples.

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English folklore

English folklore consists of the myths and legends of England, including the English region's mythical creatures, traditional recipes, urban legends, proverbs, superstitions, and folktales.

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Fairy

A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.

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German folklore

German folklore is the folk tradition which has developed in Germany over a number of centuries.

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Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation.

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Ice

Ice is water that is frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 °C, 32 °F, or 273.15 K. It occurs naturally on Earth, on other planets, in Oort cloud objects, and as interstellar ice.

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Impact crater

An impact crater is a depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object.

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Inner moon

In astronomy, an inner moon or inner natural satellite is a natural satellite following a prograde, low-inclination orbit inwards of the large satellites of the parent planet.

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International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation.

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Kelvin

The kelvin, symbol K, is the base unit of measurement for temperature in the International System of Units (SI).

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Lexico

Lexico was a dictionary website that provided a collection of English and Spanish dictionaries produced by Oxford University Press (OUP), the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Light

Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye.

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Lubber fiend

The lubber fiend, Lob, lubberkin, lurdane or Lob Lie-By-The-Fire is a legendary creature of English folklore that is similar to the "brownie" (or "Urisk") of Scotland and northern England, the "hob" of northern England and the Scottish Borders, the Slavic "domovoi" and Scandinavian "tomte". Puck (moon) and lubber fiend are Puck (folklore).

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Mantle (geology)

A mantle is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.

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Miranda (moon)

Miranda, also designated Uranus V, is the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five round satellites. Puck (moon) and Miranda (moon) are moons of Uranus and moons with a prograde orbit.

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Moons of Uranus

Uranus, the seventh planet of the Solar System, has 28 confirmed moons.

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Organic compound

Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Planetary core

A planetary core consists of the innermost layers of a planet.

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Portia (moon)

Portia is an inner satellite of Uranus. Puck (moon) and Portia (moon) are moons of Uranus and moons with a prograde orbit.

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Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Puck (moon) and Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream) are Puck (folklore).

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Puck (folklore)

In English folklore, The Puck, also known as Goodfellows, are demons or fairies which can be domestic sprites or nature sprites.

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Radiation

In physics, radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or a material medium.

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Rings of Uranus

The rings of Uranus are intermediate in complexity between the more extensive set around Saturn and the simpler systems around Jupiter and Neptune.

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Rock (geology)

In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.

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Rubble pile

In astronomy, a rubble pile is a celestial body that consists of numerous pieces of debris that have coalesced under the influence of gravity.

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Spheroid

A spheroid, also known as an ellipsoid of revolution or rotational ellipsoid, is a quadric surface obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with two equal semi-diameters.

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Sprite (folklore)

A sprite is a supernatural entity in European mythology.

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Stephen P. Synnott

Stephen P. Synnott (born 1946) is an American astronomer and Voyager scientist at JPL, and expert in spacecraft optical navigation techniques.

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The Astronomical Journal

The Astronomical Journal (often abbreviated AJ in scientific papers and references) is a peer-reviewed monthly scientific journal owned by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and currently published by IOP Publishing.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun.

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Voyager 2

Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_(moon)

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Puck (moon), the Glossary

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See also

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Moons of Uranus

Puck (folklore)

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