Belinda
Belinda is one of the inner moons of the planet Uranus. It is part of the Portia group of moons.
Facts About Belinda:
- Belinda was discovered from photographs taken by the Voyager 2 space probe in 1986.
- It is a small moon with a mean radius of around 40 km.
- It is very elongated, with one axis being twice as long as the shorter axis.
Classification: Moon (orbiting Uranus)
Names: Belinda, Uranus XIV
Discovered: 1986 by Stephen Synnott (Voyager 2)
Naming: Named after the character in Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock.
Diameter: 80.58 km
Mass: 3.6e+17 kg
Orbital Period: 0.6235 Earth days
Eccentricity: 0.00007000
Albedo: 0.0800
Volume: 380000 km3
Density: 1.3000 g/cm3
Surface Area: 25000 km2
Escape Velocity: 0.0340 km/s
Adjective: Belindian