Bianca
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.
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| Discovered by | Voyager 2
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| Date of discovery | 1986
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| Mass (kg) | ?
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| Equatorial radius (km) | 22
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| Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) | 3.4494e-03
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| Mean density (gm/cm^3) | ?
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| Mean distance from Uranus (km) | 59,160
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| Rotational period (days) | ?
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| Orbital period (days) | 0.434577
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| Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) | 9.90
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| Orbital eccentricity | 0.001
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| Orbital inclination (degrees) | 0.16
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| Visual geometric albedo | 0.07
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| Magnitude (Vo) | 23.0
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