Desdemona (GIF; 24K)

Uranus X - 1986U6

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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.

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Desdemona Statistics

Discovered by ..................................... Voyager 2
Date of discovery ...................................... 1986

Mass (kg) ................................................. ?
Equatorial radius (km) ................................... 29
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) .................... 4.5469e-03
Mean density (gm/cm^3) .................................... ?

Mean distance from Uranus (km) ....................... 62,660
Rotational period (days) .................................. ?
Orbital period (days) .............................. 0.473651
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) ......................... 9.63

Orbital eccentricity .................................. 0.000
Orbital inclination .................................... 0.16°

Visual geometric albedo ................................ 0.07
Magnitude (Vo) ......................................... 22.5

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Author: Calvin J. Hamilton.