Juliet

Moon· orbits Uranus

Juliet is a moon orbiting Uranus.

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Key facts

Orbit around Uranus
11.9 hours
0.49 Earth days

Science

Orbit around Uranus

Distance from Uranus
202,221 km
Orbital period
11.86 hours
Eccentricity
0.007335
Inclination
72.77 °

Radiation & temperature

Insolation
0.00264 S⊕ · 1/378 of the sunlight Earth receives

Discovery & history

By
Voyager Science Team

Juliet was discovered in 1986 by Voyager Science Team. Uranus's moons are named after characters from the plays of Shakespeare and the poetry of Alexander Pope. Beyond its discovery and naming, little more about it has been individually recorded.

Images

No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.