Setebos

Setebos

Setebos An outer retrograde satellite of Uranus, at a distance of 17 418 000 km; also known as Uranus XIX. It orbits every 2225 days at an inclination of 158° to the planet's equator. The orbit is one of the most elliptical of any moon in the Solar System, eccentricity 0.59. Setebos is about 36 km in diameter and was discovered in 1999 from ground‐based observations.

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Setebos

Setebos, a god of the Patagonians, worshipped by Caliban's mother Sycorax (in Shakespeare's The Tempest). His purpose in creating the world is worked out by Caliban in R. Browning's ‘Caliban upon Setebos’.

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Setebos in Shakespeare's Tempest, the god worshipped by Caliban's mother Sycorax; Setebos was a Patagonian deity, and his name appears in accounts of Magellan's voyages.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Setebos." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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