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Bianca  

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  • Bianca is the third moon in order of distance from Uranus. It was named after the sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew and is also known as Uranus VIII. Bianca was discovered by Voyager scientist Bradford A. Smith from images taken by Voyager 2 on 23 January 1986 and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U9. (Encyclopedia of Science, by David Darling, https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/B/Bianca.html)

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  • Uranus VIII

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-X52130FZ-V

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