Cordelia moon
- For the asteroid of the same name, see 2758 Cordelia.
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| Discovery | |||||||
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| Discovered by | Voyager 2 | ||||||
| Discovered in | 1986 | ||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||
| Mean radius | 49,752 km | ||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.00047 | ||||||
| Orbital period | 0.33503d | ||||||
| Inclination | 0.14° | ||||||
| Is a satellite of | Uranus | ||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||
| Mean diameter | 40.2 km | ||||||
| Surface area | km2 | ||||||
| Mass | 4.5×1016 kg | ||||||
| Mean density | 1.3 g/cm3 | ||||||
| Surface gravity | 0.0074 m/s2 | ||||||
| Rotation period | ? | ||||||
| Axial tilt | ?° | ||||||
| Albedo | 0.07 | ||||||
| Surface temp. |
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| Atmospheric pressure | 0 kPa | ||||||
Cordelia ("kor DEE lee uh") is the innermost moon of Uranus. Apart from its orbital radius and dimensions, virtually nothing is known about it. It takes its name from the youngest daughter of Lear in William Shakespeare's King Lear.
Cordelia acts as the inner shepherd satellite for Uranus' epsilon ring. Cordelia's orbit is within Uranus' synchronous orbit radius, and is therefore slowly decaying due to tidal forces.
| Uranus |
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| ... | Uranus | Cordelia | Ophelia | ... |
| Puck's group | Miranda | Ariel | Umbriel | Titania | Oberon | Sycorax' group | S/2003 U 3 |
| (For other moons, see: Uranus' natural satellites) | Back to solar system |
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