Belinda (moon)
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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 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]
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
[change | change source]- 1 2 3 4 5 Jacobson, R.A. (1998). "The Orbits of the Inner Uranian Satellites From Hubble Space Telescope and Voyager2 Observations". The Astronomical Journal. 115 (3): 1195–1199. Bibcode:1998AJ....115.1195J. doi:10.1086/300263. S2CID 118616209.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Karkoschka, Erich (2001). "Voyager's Eleventh Discovery of a Satellite of Uranus and Photometry and the First Size Measurements of Nine Satellites". Icarus. 151 (1): 69–77. Bibcode:2001Icar..151...69K. doi:10.1006/icar.2001.6597.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Calculated on the basis of other parameters
- 1 2 3 4 Karkoschka, Erich (2001). "Comprehensive Photometry of the Rings and 16 Satellites of Uranus with the Hubble Space Telescope". Icarus. 151 (1): 51–68. Bibcode:2001Icar..151...51K. doi:10.1006/icar.2001.6596.
- 1 2 "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
[change | change source]- Belinda Profile Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine by NASA's Solar System Exploration
| Moons | Ariel · Belinda · Bianca · Caliban · Cordelia · Cressida · Cupid · Desdemona · Ferdinand · Francisco · Juliet · Mab · Margaret · Miranda · Oberon · Ophelia · Perdita · Portia · Prospero · Puck · Rosalind · Setebos · Stephano · Sycorax · Titania · Trinculo · Umbriel Other: Arieal features · Miranda features · Puck Craters · Umbriel craters Miranda's Verona Rupes · Umbriel Crater Wunda |  |
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