Portia
| Portia | |
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| Designation | |
| Name | Portia |
| Reference body | Uranus |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 2006 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 66149315.0669684 m |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.000757354148097599 |
| Inclination (i) | 97.66299143° (1.70454075777393 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 167.6543062° (2.92611964868667 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 247.8849468° (4.3264084878282 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 604.6550603° (10.55322164167 radian) |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 55310 m |
| Mass | 6.321×1016 kg |
| SidRotPeriod | 44323.2 (12.312 hours) |
| SidRotOffset | 0 |
| Obliquity | 1.4346 |
| LAN | 2.9255 |
| Note | *Elements given are from Portia.cfg (UranusMoons.zip) |
Portia (Uranus XII, S/1986 U 1) is one of the inner satellites of Uranus. It was discovered by the Voyager2 spacecraft in January 1986. It is named after the heroine in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
Portia in Orbiter[edit]
Portia was first introduced into Orbiter with the add-on uranus.zip in November 2002.
| Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranus Minor Moons | O-F Resources | 2004-12-14 | Nighthawke | Scenery | 14 December 2004 | ||
| Uranus | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel | Scenery | 5 November 2002 | |||
Portia from uranus.zip in Orbiter 2002 
Portia from UranusMoons.zip in Orbiter 2003P2 
Portia imaged by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986,
from Wikimedia Commons
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| See also: Pronunciation key | rings of Uranus |
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