Desdemona
Uranus X - 1986U6
Desdemona is named after the wife of Othello in Shakespeare's play
Othello. It is the fifth known satellite of
Uranus and was discovered by Voyager 2.
Desdemona Statistics
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Discovered by | Voyager 2
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Date of discovery | 1986
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Mass (kg) | ?
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Equatorial radius (km) | 29
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Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) | 4.5469e-03
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Mean density (gm/cm^3) | ?
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Mean distance from Uranus (km) | 62,660
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Rotational period (days) | ?
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Orbital period (days) | 0.473651
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Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) | 9.63
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Orbital eccentricity | 0.000
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Orbital inclination (degrees) | 0.16
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Visual geometric albedo | 0.07
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Magnitude (Vo) | 22.5
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