tencati@JPL-VLSI.ARPA (01/11/86)
The following is an extract from "JPL UNIVERSE" dated 10-Jan-1986:
VOYAGER FINDS MOON, FEATURES AT URANUS
Sixth Sattelite seen as Voyager Zeroes in on Far-Out Planet
A new moon orbiting the planet Uranus has been discovered in images taken by
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft.
Voyager imaging team scientists at JPL found the small moon in long-exposure
images of Uranus and its rings taken by Voyager 2's narrow-angle camera in late
December. Conclusive evidence of the satellite's orbit was seen in pictures
taken Dec. 31, 1985 when the spacecraft was about 31 million kilometers (19
million miles) from Uranus.
Voyager 2 will fly by Uranus on January 24, 1986.
The new satellite (designated 1985 U1) is the sixth known to orbit Uranus. It
is about 75 Kilometers (35 miles) in diameter, and occupies an orbit 86,000
kilometers (53,500 miles) from the center of the planet, between the moon
Miranda, and the outermost of Uranus' nine known rings. The moon orbits Uranus
every 18 hours, 17 minutes, 9 seconds.
The Voyager mission is conducted by JPL for NASA's office of Space Science and
Applications (OSSA).
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A recorded message updating Voyager 2's progress may be heard by dialing
(818)354-7650.
Ron Tencati
JPL-VLSI.ARPA