Juliet (moon)
Moon of Uranus
- There is also an asteroid called 1285 Julietta.
- ^ Only two dimensions are known; the third dimension has been assumed to equal the smaller known dimension.
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.[8] It is named after the heroine of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is also designated Uranus XI.[9]
Juliet belongs to the Portia group of satellites, which also includes Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda, and Perdita.[7] These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties.[7] Other than its orbit,[4] size of 150 × 74 km,[5] and geometric albedo of 0.08,[7] virtually nothing 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.[10]
See also
- Moons of Uranus
Notes
- ^ a b c d Calculated on the basis of other parameters.
References
- ^ Benjamin Smith (1903). The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia.
- ^ W. M. Anderson (1892). "Daniel Johnson Brimm". Shield and Diamond. Vol. 2, no. 1. p. 116.
- ^ John Robert Reed (1985) Decadent style, p.38.
- ^ a b Jacobson, R. A. (1998). "The Orbits of the Inner Uranian Satellites From Hubble Space Telescope and Voyager 2 Observations". The Astronomical Journal. 115 (3): 1195–1199. Bibcode:1998AJ....115.1195J. doi:10.1086/300263.
- ^ a b c d e f Karkoschka, Erich (2001). "Voyager's Eleventh Discovery of a Satellite of Uranus and Photometry and the First Size Measurements of Nine Satellites". Icarus. 151 (1): 69–77. Bibcode:2001Icar..151...69K. doi:10.1006/icar.2001.6597.
- ^ a b c French, Richard G.; Hedman, Matthew M.; Nicholson, Philip D.; Longaretti, Pierre-Yves; McGhee-French, Colleen A. (2024-03-15). "The Uranus system from occultation observations (1977–2006): Rings, pole direction, gravity field, and masses of Cressida, Cordelia, and Ophelia". Icarus. 411: 115957. arXiv:2401.04634. Bibcode:2024Icar..41115957F. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2024.115957. ISSN 0019-1035.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ Smith, B. A. (January 16, 1986). "Satellites of Uranus". IAU Circular. 4164. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ "Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. July 21, 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2006.
- ^ Duncan, Martin J.; Lissauer, Jack J. (1997). "Orbital Stability of the Uranian Satellite System". Icarus. 125 (1): 1–12. Bibcode:1997Icar..125....1D. doi:10.1006/icar.1996.5568.
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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