Rosalind_(moon)

Rosalind (moon)

Rosalind (moon)

Moon of Uranus

Rosalind is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 13 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 4.[9] It was named after the daughter of the banished Duke in William Shakespeare's play As You Like It. It is also designated Uranus XIII.[10]

There is also an asteroid called 900 Rosalinde.
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Rosalind belongs to Portia group of satellites, which also includes Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Portia, Juliet, Cupid, Belinda and Perdita.[8] These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties.[8] Other than its orbit,[3] radius of 36 km[4] and geometric albedo of 0.08[8] virtually nothing is known about Rosalind.

In the Voyager 2 images Rosalind appears as an almost spherical object. The ratio of axes of Rosalind's prolate spheroid is 0.8–1.0.[4] Its surface is grey in color.[4]

Rosalind is very close to a 3:5 orbital resonance with Cordelia.[11]

See also

Notes

  1. Calculated on the basis of other parameters.

References

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    Benjamin Smith (1903). The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia.
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    Bertrand Evans (1966). Teaching Shakespeare in the high school. p. 213.
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    "Planetary Satellite Physical Parameters". JPL (Solar System Dynamics). 24 October 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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    Williams, Dr. David R. (23 November 2007). "Uranian Satellite Fact Sheet". NASA (National Space Science Data Center). Retrieved 12 December 2008.
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    French, Robert S.; Showalter, Mark R. (August 2012). "Cupid is Doomed: An Analysis of the Stability of the Inner Uranian Satellites". Icarus. 220 (2): 911–921. arXiv:1408.2543. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.06.031.
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    Karkoschka, Erich (2001). "Comprehensive Photometry of the Rings and 16 Satellites of Uranus with the Hubble Space Telescope". Icarus. 151 (1): 51–68. Bibcode:2001Icar..151...51K. doi:10.1006/icar.2001.6596.
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    Smith, B. A. (1986-01-16). "Satellites of Uranus". IAU Circular. 4164. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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    "Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. July 21, 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2006.
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    Murray, Carl D.; Thompson, Robert P. (1990-12-06). "Orbits of shepherd satellites deduced from the structure of the rings of Uranus". Nature. 348 (6301): 499–502. Bibcode:1990Natur.348..499M. doi:10.1038/348499a0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4320268.
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