Space · Moons

Juliet

A moon of Uranus — A Portia-group inner moon.

Quick facts

Parent planet

Uranus

Diameter (mean)

94 km

Mass

5.6 × 10¹⁷ kg
7.6e-06 Moon masses

Mean orbital radius

64,360 km

Orbital period

0.494 Earth days

Discovery year

1986

Discoverer

Stephen P. Synnott (Voyager 2)

Naming origin

Heroine of Romeo and Juliet

Surface conditions

Juliet is one of the Portia-group inner moons of Uranus, sharing an unstable orbital neighborhood that may eventually produce collisions.

Missions and observations

Every Uranus-system mission has had an opportunity to image or characterize Juliet. The list below is the Uranus-system mission catalog; specific Juliet encounters are documented in mission archives.

Mission Year at Uranus Status

Voyager 2

NASA

1986 Completed

Naming etymology

Juliet was the title character of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. 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.

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