Solar System Exploration: Planets: Uranus: Moons: Bianca: Facts & Figures

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Bianca: Facts & Figures

Facts & Figures

Discovered By

Voyager 2

Date of Discovery

23 January 1986

Orbit Size Around Uranus (semi-major axis)

Metric: 59,200 km

English: 36,785 miles

Periapsis (closest)

Metric: 59,147 km

Apoapsis (farthest)

Metric: 59,253 km

Orbit Circumference

Metric: 371,964.49 km

Average Orbit Velocity

Metric: 35,628.8 km/h

Orbit Eccentricity

0.0009

Equatorial Inclination to Orbit

0.193

Mean Radius

Metric: 25.7 ± 2 (assuming albedo of 0.07) km

English: 16.0 ± 1 (assuming albedo of 0.07) miles

Equatorial Circumference

Metric: 161.5 km

Volume

Metric: 71,103 km³

Mass

Metric: 92,917,442,852,026,000 kg

Scientific Notation: 9.2917 x 10¹⁶ kg

Density

Metric: 1.3 g/cm³

Surface Area

Metric: 8,299.96 km²

Surface Gravity

Metric: 0.009 m/s²

Escape Velocity

Metric: 79 km/h

Rotation Period (Length of Day)

0.435 hours

Additional Information:

-USGS Astrogeology: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html

-JPL Solar System Dynamics: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/

-"Encyclopedia of the Solar System," second edition; edited by Lucy-Ann McFadden, Paul R. Weissman, and Torrence V. Johnson; Academic Press 2007

-Dr. Ellis Miner, retired planetary scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Official: Kristen Erickson

Advisory: Dr. James Green, Director of Planetary Science

Outreach Manager: Alice Wessen

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