Bianca (moon)

There is also an asteroid called 218 Bianca.

Bianca is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on January 23, 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 9.<ref name="IAUC 4168" /> It was named after the sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew. It is also designated Uranus VIII.<ref name="Gazetteer" />

Bianca belongs to the Portia group of satellites, which also includes Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda, and Perdita.<ref name="Karkoschka, Hubble 2001" /> These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties.<ref name="Karkoschka, Hubble 2001" /> Other than its orbit,<ref name="Jacobson 1998" /> size of 64 × 46 km,<ref name="Karkoschka, Voyager 2001" /> and geometric albedo of 0.08,<ref name="Karkoschka, Hubble 2001" /> virtually nothing is known about it.

In Voyager 2 images Bianca appears as an elongated object, with its major axis pointing towards Uranus. The ratio of axes of the Bianca's prolate spheroid is Template:Val.<ref name="Karkoschka, Voyager 2001" /> Its surface is grey in color.<ref name="Karkoschka, Voyager 2001" />

See also

• Moons of Uranus

External links

• Bianca Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration
• Uranus' Known Satellites (by Scott S. Sheppard)