Portia
moon of Uranus
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Summary
Portia is a moon of Uranus[1]. Portia draws 361 Wikipedia views per month (moon of uranus category, ranking #13 of 29).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Stephen P. Synnott[3], Voyager 2[4]
- Instance of: regular moon[5]
- Named after: Portia[6]
- Part of: Portia Group[7]
- Commons category: Portia (moon)[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Uranus[9]
- Provisional designation: S/1986 U 1[10]
- Time of discovery or invention: January 3, 1986[11]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.00005[12]
- Orbital inclination: 0.05908 degree[13]
- Density: 1.3 gram per cubic centimetre[14]
- Mass: 1,700,000,000,000,000,000 kg[15]
- Temperature: 64 K[16]
- Radius: 70 km[17]
- Orbital period: 0.5131959201 day[18]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 66097.265 km[19]
- Volume as quantity: 1,300,000 cubic kilometre[20]
- Albedo: 0.08[21]
- Surface gravity: 0.023 metres per second squared[22]
Why It Matters
Portia has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Portia is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]