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in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus.
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0 kPaBianca (bee-aang'-kÉ™, IPA ) is a moon of Uranus. It was named after the sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew. It is also designated Uranus VIII.
Bianca
Uranus VIII - 1986U9
Bianca was named after the sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew. It is the third known satellite of Uranus and was discovered by Voyager 2.
Bianca Statistics Discovered byVoyager 2 ...
Bianca
Uranus VIII
Bianca is the third of Uranus' known satellites: orbit: 59,165 km from Uranus diameter: 44 km mass: ?
Bianca de' Medici, called Bia was the legitimacy daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, born before his first marriage....
(1536-1542), illegitimate daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici
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BIANCA
Bianca is the third moon of Uranus. It has a diameter of about 44 km and orbits at roughly 59,165 km from Uranus; this moon was discovered in 1986 by Voyager 2. Bianca was named for a character in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
Bianca was discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986. It is a small icy world, and like many of Uranus' moons, probably a captured asteroid, or comet.
Bianca was named after the sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
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Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, Trinculo, plus 6 to receive a name
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The next eight moons are Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, and Puck, all named for Shakespearian characters. Inside of Belinda's orbit is a moon designated as S/1986 U10.
The next ten small satellites-Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, and Puck-were revealed by Voyager 2 in 1985-86.
The Voyager 2 spacecraft discovered 10 more, and they were named Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Puck, and Belinda.
Prospero, Stephano, Setebos, Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon.
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Some asteroids share names with moons of Uranus: 171 Ophelia, 218 Bianca, 593 Titania, 666 Desdemona, 763 Cupido and 2758 Cordelia.
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Around Saturn: none (like Jupiter, Saturn is a very fast rotator but has no satellites close enough)
Around Uranus: Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda, and Perdita ...
Uranus' known moons are (from nearest to furthest from the planet): Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon.
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 See also: Uranus, Earth, Belinda, Solar, Portia
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