Belinda (moon)
Belinda is a closer moon to Uranus, a planet in the solar system. Belinda was found from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 1986,[5] and it was given the designation S/1986 U 5.[6] It is named after the heroine of Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock.[5] It is also designated Uranus XIV.[7]
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Stephen P. Synnott / Voyager 2 |
| Discovery date | January 13, 1986 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
Mean orbit radius | 75,255.613 ± 0.057 km[1] |
| Eccentricity | 0.00007 ± 0.000073[1] |
| 0.623527470 ± 0.000000017 d[1] | |
| Inclination | 0.03063 ± 0.028° (to Uranus' equator)[1] |
| Satellite of | Uranus |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 128 × 64 × 64 km[2] |
Mean radius | 45 ± 8 km[2] |
| ~25,000 km²[3] | |
| Volume | ~380,000 km³[3] |
| Mass | ~4.9×1017 kg[3] |
Mean density | ~1.3 g/cm³ assumed |
| ~0.014 m/s2[3] | |
| ~0.034 km/s[3] | |
| synchronous[2] | |
| zero[2] | |
| Albedo | 0.08 ± 0.01[4] |
| Temperature | ~64 K[3] |
Belinda belongs to Portia Group of moons, which also includes Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Portia, Juliet, Cupid, Rosalind and Perdita.[4] These moons have similar orbits and photometric properties.[4] Other than its orbit,[1] radius of 45 km[2] and geometric albedo of 0.08[4] almost nothing is known about it.
At the Voyager 2 images Belinda appears as a stretched object, the major axis pointing towards Uranus. The moon is very stretched, with its short axis 0.5 ± 0.1 times the long axis.[2] Its surface is grey in color.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Calculated on the basis of other parameters
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Uranus's Moons". Sea and Sky. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
- ↑ Smith, B. A. (January 16, 1986). "IAU Circular No. 4164". Retrieved 2006-08-06.
- ↑ "Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. July 21, 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-06.
Other websites
- Belinda Profile Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine by NASA's Solar System Exploration
