Juliet (GIF; 29K)

Uranus XI - 1986U2

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Juliet was named after the tragic heroine in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is the sixth known satellite of Uranus and was discovered by Voyager 2.

Juliet Statistics

Discovered by ..................................... Voyager 2
Date of discovery ...................................... 1986

Mass (kg) ................................................. ?
Equatorial radius (km) ................................... 42
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) .................... 6.5851e-03
Mean density (gm/cm^3) .................................... ?

Mean distance from Uranus (km) ....................... 64,360
Rotational period (days) .................................. ?
Orbital period (days) .............................. 0.493066
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) ......................... 9.50

Orbital eccentricity .................................. 0.001
Orbital inclination .................................... 0.06°

Visual geometric albedo ................................ 0.07
Magnitude (Vo) ......................................... 21.5

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