Quick facts
Parent planet
Diameter (mean)
51 km
Mass
9.2 × 10¹⁶ kg
1.3e-06 Moon masses
Mean orbital radius
59,170 km
Orbital period
0.435 Earth days
Discovery year
1986
Discoverer
Bradford A. Smith (Voyager 2)
Naming origin
Sister of Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew
Surface conditions
Bianca is an inner moon found in Voyager 2 imaging in 1986.
Missions and observations
Every Uranus-system mission has had an opportunity to image or characterize Bianca. The list below is the Uranus-system mission catalog; specific Bianca encounters are documented in mission archives.
| Mission | Year at Uranus | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Voyager 2 NASA |
1986 | Completed |
Naming etymology
Bianca was the sister of Katherina in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, and a character in Othello — the IAU's choice does not specify which. Adopted 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.