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Uranus: Moons: Rosalind

Color image showing Rosalind as a fuzzy dot orbiting Uranus.
The Hubble Space Telescope captured tiny Rosalind orbiting Uranus in 1997.
Little is known about Rosalind, one of several satellites discovered by Voyager 2 as it flew by Uranus in 1986. Rosalind is one of Uranus' inner moons and has a radius of about 36 km (22 miles).

Discovery:
Rosalind was discovered by the Voyager 2 science team on 13 January 1986.

How Rosalind got its name:
Moons of Uranus are named for characters in William Shakespeare's plays and from Alexander Pope's Rape of the Lock.

Rosalind is a daughter of the banished Duke in Shakespeare's As You Like It. It was originally designated S/1986 U4.

Just the Facts
Distance from Uranus: 
69,927 km
Equatorial Radius: 
27 km
Mass: 
8 x 1017 kg
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