This is an image of Umbriel.
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Umbriel
Umbriel was discovered by W. Lassell in 1851. Umbriel is about as wide as the Oregon coast line.
The surface features of this moon are very hard to see in this image, but suggest that Umbriel may be one of the icy moons.
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