Puck is one of the smallest moons of Uranus, with a diameter of approximately 154 km (96 miles). It was discovered in 1985 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft during its flyby of Uranus. Puck is named after the mischievous sprite in William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Puck has a heavily cratered surface, which suggests that it is one of the oldest objects in the Uranian system. It also has a dark, heavily processed surface with a low albedo, which means it reflects only a small amount of sunlight. Puck orbits Uranus at a distance of about 86,000 km (53,000 miles) and takes about 18 hours to complete one orbit. Puck is one of the five major inner moons of Uranus, along with Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, and Titania. It is the closest of these moons to Uranus and is likely the source of the planet's faint epsilon ring, which was discovered in 1977. Not much else is known about Puck, as it has only been studied in limited detail during the Voyager 2 flyby.
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