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hor_green_bar1.jpg Portia hor_green_bar1.jpg


Portia - copyright Calvin J. HamiltonDiscovered through the analysis of Voyager 2 photographs in 1986, Belinda is the seventh known satellite of Uranus and was named after rich heiress in Shakespeare's play Merchant of Venice. The radius measures only 55 kilometers making it one of the smaller moons of Uranus. Very little is known about this moon.



PHYSICAL DATA FOR PORTIA
 Mass (kg)
 Mass (Earth = 1)
 Radius (km) 55
 Radius (Earth = 1) 8.6234e - 03
 Mean Density (g/cm3)
 Mean Distance from Uranus (km) 66,100
 Magnitude (V0) 21.0



ORBITAL DATA FOR PORTIA
 Rotational period (days)
 Orbital period (days) 0.513196
 Mean orbital velocity (km/s) 9.37
 Orbital eccentricity 0.000
 Orbital inclination (degrees) 0.09
 Escape (km/s)
 Albedo 0.07



Physical Data Key
Mass Mass
Mass Mass compared to that of Earth.
Radius Radius
Radius Radius compared to that of Earth.
Mean Density Average Density.
Distance Distance to the planet's center.
Magnitude The brightness of a star or object.
Orbital Data Key
Rotational Period Number of days to make one complete rotation.
Orbital Period Number of days to obital the planet.
Mean Orbital Velocity Average obital speed.
Orbital Eccentricity Eccentricity.
Orbital Inclination The tilt of the moon or planet.
Escape Escape Velocity.
Albedo Visual geometric albedo.




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