Juliet (moon)
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Juliet is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 3 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 2.[1] It is named after the heroine of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is also designated Uranus XI.[2]
Juliet belongs to the Portia group of satellites, which also includes Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, 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 Juliet.
In Voyager 2 imagery, Juliet appears as an elongated object, with its major axis pointing towards Uranus. The ratio of axes of Juliet's prolate spheroid is 0.5 ± 0.3, which is a rather extreme value.[5] Its surface is grey in color.[5]
Juliet may collide with Desdemona within the next 100 million years.[6]
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External links
- Juliet Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration
- Juliet + Ring diagram (Courtesy of Astronomy Magazine 2005)
- Uranus' Known Satellites (by Scott S. Sheppard)
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