History of Ariel

	Revision 3 . . (edit) December 6, 2001 4:19 pm by Bryan Derksen [a little minor editing]
	Revision 2 . . November 20, 2001 9:46 am by Eob [Surface Area]
	Revision 1 . . October 15, 2001 5:25 am by Bryan Derksen [initial entry]

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1. Servant of Prospero in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

Ariel is a fairy? who was a servant of Prospero? in William Shakespeare's play [The Tempest]?.

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2. A moon of Uranus discovered in 1851 by [William Lassell]?. Its composition is roughly 50% water ice, 30% silicate? rock, and 20% methane ice, and it appears to have regions of fresh frost in places. Largely devoid of impact craters, Ariel appears to have undergone a period of intense geological activity that has produced a huge network of fault? canyon?s and liquid water outflows over its surface.

Ariel is a moon of Uranus discovered in 1851 by [William Lassell]?. Its composition is roughly 50% water ice, 30% silicate? rock, and 20% methane ice, and it appears to have regions of fresh frost in places. Largely devoid of impact craters, Ariel appears to have undergone a period of intense geological activity that has produced a huge network of fault? canyon?s and liquid water outflows over its surface.

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*Surface Area: 4,200,000 km2