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
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