Rosalind (GIF; 27K)

Uranus XIII - 1986U4

Rosalind was named after the daughter of the banished Duke in Shakespeare's play As You Like It. It is the eighth known satellite of Uranus and was discovered by Voyager 2.

Rosalind Statistics

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

Mass (kg) ................................................. ?
Equatorial radius (km) ................................... 27
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) .................... 4.2333e-03
Mean density (gm/cm^3) .................................... ?

Mean distance from Uranus (km) ....................... 69,930
Rotational period (days) .................................. ?
Orbital period (days) .............................. 0.558459
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) ......................... 9.11

Orbital eccentricity .................................. 0.000
Orbital inclination .................................... 0.28°

Visual geometric albedo ................................ 0.07
Magnitude (Vo) ......................................... 22.5

Uranus Portia Belinda

Author: Calvin J. Hamilton.