ROSALIND (MOON)

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'Rosalind' ''(roz'-ə-lənd,'' ) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by ''Voyager 2'' on 1986-01-13, and was given the temporary designation 'S/1986 U 4'.^[3] It was named after the daughter of the banished Duke in William Shakespeare's play ''As You Like It''. It is also designated 'Uranus XIII'.^[4]
Rosalind belongs to Portia Group of satellites, which also includes Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Portia, Juliet, Cupid, Belinda and Perdita. These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties. Unfortunately, other than its orbit, radius of 36 km and geometric albedo of 0.08 virtually nothing is known about it.
At the Voyager 2 images Rosalind appears as an almost spherical object. The ratio of axises of the Rosalind's prolate spheroid is 1.0-0.8. Its surface is grey in color.

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1. Voyager's Eleventh Discovery of a Satellite of Uranus and Photometry and the First Size Measurements of Nine Satellites, , Erich, Karkoschka, Icarus, 2001
2. Comprehensive Photometry of the Rings and 16 Satellites of Uranus with the Hubble Space Telescope, , Erich, Karkoschka, Icarus, 2001
3. IAU Circular No. 4164
4. Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers

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Rosalind Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration