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Belinda is a small moon that orbits the planet Uranus. It was discovered in 1986 and is one of many moons in Uranus's system, contributing to scientists' understanding of planetary satellite systems.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- regular moon
- Parent body
- Uranus
- Radius
- 0.067
- Mass
- 360
- Orbital period
- 0.623527470
- Image
- Belinda.gif
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- discoverer or inventor
- Stephen P. Synnott
- time of discovery or invention
- 1986-01-13
- provisional designation
- S/1986 U 5
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 75255.613
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.00007
- orbital inclination
- 0.03063
- different from
- Belinda
- albedo
- 0.067
- temperature
- 64
- density
- 1.3
- Commons category
- Belinda (moon)
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Encyclopedic overview
Belinda is an inner satellite of the planet Uranus. Belinda was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 13 January 1986 and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 5. It is named after the heroine of Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock. It is also designated Uranus XIV.
Belinda belongs to the Portia group of satellites, which also includes Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Portia, Juliet, Cupid, Rosalind, and Perdita. These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties. Other than its orbit, size of 128 km × 64 km (80 mi × 40 mi), and geometric albedo of 0.08, little is known about it.
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