Desdemona
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Desdemona imaged beyond the rings of Uranus by Voyager
2 |
The fifth moon in order of distance from Uranus.
It is named after the wife of Othello in Shakespeare's play Othello and
is also known as Uranus X. Desdemona was discovered by the Voyager scientist
Stephen P. Synott from images sent back by Voyager
2 on January 13, 1986 and was given the temporary designation S/1986
U6.
| discovery |
1986, by Voyager 2 |
| semimajor axis |
62,680 km (38,960 miles) |
| diameter |
90 × 54 km (56 × 34 miles) |
| orbital period |
0.474 day (11 h 23 min.) |
| orbital eccentricity |
0.0002 |
| orbital inclination |
0.16° |
| visual albedo |
0.07 (assumed) |
Related entry
Uranus, moons
Related category
PLANETS
AND MOONS
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