Cordelia
The innermost moon of Uranus. It is named
after the youngest daughter of King Lear in Shakespeare's play and is also
known as Uranus VI. Cordelia acts as the inner shepherd
moon of Uranus' epsilon ring (see Uranus,
rings). It was discovered by the Voyager scientist Richard J. Terrile
from images taken by Voyager 2 on Jan. 20, 1986, and was given the temporary
designation S/1986 U7.
| discovery |
1986, Voyager 2 |
| semimajor axis |
49,770 km (30,930 miles) |
| diameter |
50 × 36 km (31 × 22 miles) |
| orbital period |
0.335 days (8 h 2 min.) |
| orbital eccentricity |
0.0003 |
| orbital inclination |
0.08° |
| visual albedo |
0.07 |
Related entry
• Uranus, moons
Related category
• PLANETS
AND MOONS |
