Juliet (GIF; 30K)

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 it was discovered by Voyager 2.

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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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Author: Calvin J. Hamilton.