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Uranus: Moons: Portia

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Portia was named after a rich heiress in Shakespeare's playThe Merchant of Venice. It is the seventh known satellite of Uranus and was discovered by Voyager 2.

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Just the Facts
Metric | English | Scientific Notation
Distance from Uranus: 
66,097 km
Equatorial Radius: 
54 km
Mass: 
800,000,000,000,000,000 kg
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Uranus's Moons
1. Cordelia
2. Ophelia
3. Bianca
4. Cressida
5. Desdemona
6. Juliet
7. Portia
8. Rosalind
9. Mab
10. Belinda
11. Perdita
12. Puck
13. Cupid
14. Miranda
15. Francisco
16. Ariel
17. Umbriel
18. Titania
19. Oberon
20. Caliban
21. Stephano
22. Trinculo
23. Sycorax
24. Margaret
25. Prospero
26. Setebos
27. Ferdinand
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