Bianca (GIF; 20K)

Uranus VIII - 1986U9

Bianca was named after the sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew. It is the third known satellite of Uranus and was discovered by Voyager 2.

Bianca Statistics

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

Mass (kg) ................................................. ?
Equatorial radius (km) ................................... 22
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) .................... 3.4494e-03
Mean density (gm/cm^3) .................................... ?

Mean distance from Uranus (km) ....................... 59,160
Rotational period (days) .................................. ?
Orbital period (days) .............................. 0.434577
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) ......................... 9.90

Orbital eccentricity .................................. 0.001
Orbital inclination .................................... 0.16°

Visual geometric albedo ................................ 0.07
Magnitude (Vo) ......................................... 23.0

Uranus Ophelia Cressida

Author: Calvin J. Hamilton.