![]() Bianca as seen by Voyager 2. |
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BIANCA - MOON OF URANUS | |
Bianca is a female character from Shakespeare's play "The Taming of the Shrew". | |
Bianca was discovered in 1986 in Voyager 2 images. | |
Orbit | |
Bianca orbits Uranus at a distance of 59,160 kilometres in an orbit that is very nearly a circle, and is inclined only 0.2o to Uranus' equator. It takes Bianca under 11 hours (0.435 days) to complete one orbit of Uranus. | |
The orbits of Uranus' small moons. |
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Physical properties | |
Bianca is a small moon, only 44 kilometres across. Its mass and density are unknown. | |
Interior | |
There is no information concerning the interior of Bianca. | |
Magnetic field | |
No magnetic field has been detected. | |
Atmosphere | |
No atmosphere has been detected. | |
Surface | |
In common with the other small moons of Uranus, Bianca is a dark object, reflecting only 7% of the sunlight that hits its surface. There are no images of Bianca's surface. | |
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