Quick facts
Parent planet
Diameter (mean)
90 km
Mass
4.9 × 10¹⁷ kg
6.7e-06 Moon masses
Mean orbital radius
75,260 km
Orbital period
0.624 Earth days
Discovery year
1986
Discoverer
Stephen P. Synnott (Voyager 2)
Naming origin
Heroine in The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope
Surface conditions
Belinda is an inner Uranian moon discovered in Voyager 2 imaging.
Missions and observations
Every Uranus-system mission has had an opportunity to image or characterize Belinda. The list below is the Uranus-system mission catalog; specific Belinda encounters are documented in mission archives.
| Mission | Year at Uranus | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Voyager 2 NASA |
1986 | Completed |
Naming etymology
Belinda was the heroine of Alexander Pope's mock-epic The Rape of the Lock (1712), based loosely on a real-life Arabella Fermor whose lock of hair was famously cut off without permission. Adopted by the IAU in 1988.
Methodology & sources
Diameter, mass, and orbital parameters from JPL Solar System Dynamics — Physical Parameters. Discovery year and discoverer from the JPL Satellite Discovery Circumstances. Naming etymology from the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. Stylized SVG hero composed from NASA / JPL imagery as visual reference; no photographs are reproduced.