Juliet

Juliet is one of the inner moons of Uranus.

Facts About Juliet:

  • Juliet is the sixth most distant moon from Uranus.
  • It was discovered using photos from the Voyager 2 space probe in 1986.
  • It is a member of the Portia Group of Uranian satellites.
  • It is possible that Juliet will collide with another Uranian moon, Desdemona, at some point in the far future (maybe within 100 million years).
Classification: Moon (orbiting Uranus)
Names:  Juliet, Uranus XI, S/1986 U2

Discovered:  1986  by Stephen Synnott (Voyager 2)
Naming:  Named after the main character in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
Diameter:  93.6 km
Mass:  5.6e+17 kg
Semi-major axis:  64358.222
Eccentricity:  0.00066000
Albedo:  0.0800
Volume:  632000 km3
Density:  1.3000 g/cm3
Surface Area:  35000 km2
Escape Velocity:  0.0400 km/s
Adjective:  Julietian
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