Bianca (moon)
- There is also an asteroid called 218 Bianca.
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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.[1] It was named after the sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew. It is also designated Uranus VIII.[2]
Bianca belongs to the Portia group of satellites, which also includes Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda, and Perdita.[3] These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties.[3] Other than its orbit,[4] size of Template:Cvt,[5] and geometric albedo of 0.08,[3] little 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 Script error: No such module "val"..[5] Its surface is grey in color.[5]
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