Belinda

Uranus XIV - 1986U5

Belinda was named after the heroine in Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock. It is the ninth satellite out from Uranus and was discovered from the Voyager 2 photographs.

Belinda Statistics

Discovered by ..................................... Voyager 2
Date of discovery ...................................... 1986

Mass (kg) ................................................. ?
Equatorial radius (km) ................................... 34
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) .................... 5.3308e-03
Mean density (gm/cm^3) .................................... ?

Mean distance from Uranus (km) ....................... 75,260
Rotational period (days) .................................. ?
Orbital period (days) .............................. 0.623525
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) ......................... 8.78

Orbital eccentricity .................................. 0.000
Orbital inclination .................................... 0.03°

Visual geometric albedo ................................ 0.07
Magnitude (Vo) ......................................... 22.1

Views of Belinda

Belinda (GIF)
This image of Belinda was acquired by Voyager 2 on January 23, 1986. Belinda was never imaged at close range; consequently, it measures about 3 pixels across on the original Voyager data. This view has been magnified by a factor of 8. (Credit: Calvin J. Hamilton)

Belinda & Ring System (GIF)
This image shows Belinda and the ring system of Uranus. The bright ring is the epsilon ring. Belinda is shown in the center of the small box and has been enlarged in the inset box. (Credit: Calvin J. Hamilton)

Uranus Rosalind Puck

Author: Calvin J. Hamilton.