The moon of Uranus called Bianca is named after a character in which Shakespeare play?
Bianca is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on January 23, 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 9. It was named after the sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew. It is also designated Uranus VIII.
Bianca belongs to Portia Group of satellites, which also includes Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda and Perdita. These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties. Other than its orbit and radius of 27 km, virtually nothing is known about it.
At the Voyager 2 images Bianca appears as an elongated object, the major axis pointing towards Uranus. Its surface is grey in color.
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Barcud coch
Bianca is a name in both Othello and Taming of the Shrew. Question should say plays!
Richard D. Boyle
Dude, If Othello is not a correct answer, it should never have been an option. By making it one, you must have known you were going to stir up a hornets nest of negative feedback. Othello is the better known play and Bianca is not an obscure character. Was that your intent? To generate controversy ?
Hernando Villegas
Bianca is also a character in Othello.
dick aspel
Also a character in Othello!
Rowan Nefdt
I agree with Richard D. Boyle. The question wasn't screened properly. Faux pas quizz club!
spower
All of the other feedback is true. Bianca is also a character in Othello.
Marina Anna Vida
Bianca is also the name of Cassio's lover in Othello.
teacherchicky
Katherine (the shrew's) baby sister; perfect example of what they deemed a woman! Subservient, serving her man, in and out of bed and beautiful by society's standards! I wonder what about THIS moon made them name it after her!?
billyboy915
Richard D. Boyle,
My guess is that the "wrong" options were blithely elected out of ignorance.
SPG is usually much better than this.
My question is, how did this get through review?
Wesley Traefald
Sorry..Bianca plays an important role in the play Othello!! I think I've had enough of these where you get the answer right but they say it's wrong..it's been fun you guys and gals but I'm done with this..
Fred Keogh
ROBBED AGAIN! Bianca is also in Othello. How many other online quizzes are there that allow such poor Q & A's? Not many. Would any member of the 'clique' who oversee this travesty, care to answer the question 'How do you allow such questions to pass'? No points available.
Pat Salloum
Not for the first time, I have to ask why the question wasn't removed when the controversy started. Very annoying and gives me 9/10.
christiana
How did this pass the screening? Othello is also correct!
Diane Brown
Your answer is incorrect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianca
Bianca (Othello), from William Shakespeare's play Othello. Bianca Minola, from William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew.
Vonda Summers
Good question.