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(põr´sh), in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus.
Since the Portian orbit lies below Uranus' synchronous orbital radius, it is slowly decaying due to tidal forces and will one day either break up into a planetary ring or impact on Uranus' surface.
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Portia was named after a rich heiress in Shakespeare's play Merchant of Venice. It is the seventh known satellite of Uranus and was discovered by Voyager 2.
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Uranus XII
Portia is the seventh of Uranus' known satellites: orbit: 66,097 km from Uranus diameter: 110 km mass: ?
Portia Catonis, also known simply as Porcia was a Roman Republic woman who lived in the 1st century BC. She was the daughter of Cato the younger and his first wife Atilia....
, Cato's daughter. According to Cicero
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Portia was a rich woman in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
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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.
Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, Trinculo, plus others yet to receive names
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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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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 ...
Troilus and Cressida: Cressida
Othello: Desdemona
Romeo and Juliet: Juliet, Mab
The Merchant of Venice: Portia
As You Like It: Rosalind
Much Ado About Nothing: Margaret
The Winter's Tale: Perdita
Timon of Athens: Cupid ...
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, Cordelia, Rosalind, Ophelia, Belinda
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