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Rosalind

A moon of Uranus — An inner moon between Belinda and Portia.

Quick facts

Parent planet

Uranus

Diameter (mean)

72 km

Mass

2.5 × 10¹⁷ kg
3.4e-06 Moon masses

Mean orbital radius

69,930 km

Orbital period

0.558 Earth days

Discovery year

1986

Discoverer

Stephen P. Synnott (Voyager 2)

Naming origin

Heroine of As You Like It

Surface conditions

Rosalind is an inner moon orbiting between Belinda and Portia.

Missions and observations

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

Mission Year at Uranus Status

Voyager 2

NASA

1986 Completed

Naming etymology

Rosalind was the heroine of Shakespeare's As You Like It — disguised as a young man during much of the play, the role is one of Shakespeare's longest female parts. 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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