Rosalind

Rosalind is one of the inner moons of Uranus. It is part of a group of satellites called the Portia Group.

Rosalind
Rosalind photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1997.

Facts About Rosalind:

  • Rosalind is the 8th moon from Uranus.
  • It appears to be grey and somewhat spherical but it's hard to tell from the limited data we have.
Classification: Moon (orbiting Uranus)
Names:  Rosalind, Uranus XIII, S/1986 U4

Discovered:  1986  by Stephen Synnott (Voyager 2)
Naming:  Named after a character in William Shakespeare's play As You Like It.
Diameter:  72 km
Mass:  2.5e+17 kg
Axial Tilt:  0.0000 °
Orbital Period:  0.558459529 Earth days
Eccentricity:  0.00011000
Albedo:  0.0800
Volume:  200000 km3
Density:  1.3000 g/cm3
Surface Area:  16000 km2
Escape Velocity:  0.0310 km/s
Adjective:  Rosalindian
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