Bianca (moon)

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There is also an asteroid called 218 Bianca.

**Bianca**
Discovery
Discovered by	Bradford A. Smith / Voyager 2
Discovery date	January 23, 1986
Orbital characteristics
Mean orbit radius	59,165.550 ± 0.045 km^[2]
Eccentricity	0.00092 ± 0.000118^[2]
Orbital period	0.434578986 ± 0.000000022 d^[2]
Inclination	0.19308 ± 0.054° (to Uranus' equator)^[2]
Satellite of	Uranus
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	64 × 46 × 46 km^[3]
Mean radius	27 ± 2 km^[3]
Surface area	~8300 km²^[4]
Volume	~71,000 km³^[4]
Mass	~9.2×10¹⁶ kg^[4]
Mean density	~1.3 g/cm³ (assumed)
Equatorial surface gravity	~0.0086 m/s²^[4]
Escape velocity	~0.022 km/s^[4]
Rotation period	synchronous^[3]
Axial tilt	zero^[3]
Albedo	0.08 ± 0.01 ^[5]
Temperature	~64 K^[4]

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Bianca orbiting Uranus

Bianca (bee-aang'-kə, IPA: /biˈɑŋkə/) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 1986-01-23, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 9.^[6] It was named after the sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew. It was named Peaseblossom by its discoverers after a fairy in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, however due to a nomenclature conflict between the USA and the USSR the name Bianca was quietly chosen by the IAU a few years after the moon's discovery.[2] It is also designated Uranus VIII.^[7].

Bianca belongs to Portia Group of satellites, which also includes Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda and Perdita.^[5] These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties.^[5] Unfortunately, other than its orbit,^[2] radius of 27 km^[3] and geometric albedo of 0.08^[5] virtually nothing is known about it.

At the Voyager 2 images Bianca appears as an elongated object, the major axis pointing towards Uranus. The ratio of axises of the Bianca's prolate spheroid is 0.7 ± 0.2.^[3] Its surface is grey in color.^[3]

References

^ [1]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Jacobson, R.A. (1998). "The Orbits of the Inner Uranian Satellites From Hubble Space Telescope and Voyager2 Observations". The Astronomical Journal 115: 1195-1199. doi:10.1086/300263.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Karkoschka, Erich (2001). "Voyager's Eleventh Discovery of a Satellite of Uranus and Photometry and the First Size Measurements of Nine Satellites". Icarus 151: 69–77. doi:10.1006/icar.2001.6597.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Calculated on the basis of other parameters
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Karkoschka, Erich (2001). "Comprehensive Photometry of the Rings and 16 Satellites of Uranus with the Hubble Space Telescope". Icarus 151: 51–68. doi:10.1006/icar.2001.6596.
^ Smith, B. A. (January 27, 1986). IAU Circular No. 4168. Retrieved on 2006-08-06.
^ Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology (July 21, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-08-06.

External links

Bianca Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration

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Major Moons	Ariel · Miranda · Oberon · Titania · Umbriel
Characteristics	Atmosphere · Rings of Uranus · Moons
Discovery	William Herschel · William Lassell
Exploration	Voyager program · Voyager 2
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