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Cordelia (moon)

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For the asteroid of the same name, see 2758 Cordelia.

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Cordelia

Cordelia (lower-middle, inside of bright ring), as imaged by Voyager 2 (NASA)

Discovery

Discovered by

Richard J. Terrile / Voyager 2

Discovered in

January 20, 1986

Orbital characteristics

Mean radius

49,752 km

0.00047

0.33503 d

0.147° (to Uranus' equator)

Is a satellite of

Physical characteristics

~40 km (estimate)

Surface area

~5100 km² (estimate)

~34,000 km³ (estimate)

kg (estimate)

Mean density

~1.3 g/cm³ (estimate)

Surface gravity

~0.0073 m/s² (estimate)

Escape velocity

~0.017 km/s (estimate)

Rotation period

synchronous (assumed)

zero (assumed)

0.07 (assumed)

Surface temp.

min	mean	max
	~64 K (estimate)

Atmospheric pressure

0 kPa

Cordelia (kor-dee'-lee-ə, IPA /kɔrˈdiːliə/) 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.

It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on January 20, 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 7. It is also designated Uranus VI.

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 (satellites) [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit]
Cordelia | Ophelia | Bianca | Cressida | Desdemona | Juliet | Portia | Rosalind | Cupid
Belinda | Perdita | Puck | Mab | Miranda | Ariel | Umbriel | Titania | Oberon | Francisco
Caliban | Stephano | Trinculo | Sycorax | Margaret | Prospero | Setebos | Ferdinand
See also: | Rings of Uranus

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