Bianca (GIF; 20K)

Uranus VIII - 1986U9

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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.

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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

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Author: Calvin J. Hamilton.