Cordelia (moon)
Cordelia (lower-middle, inside of bright ring), discovery image from Voyager 2
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Richard J. Terrile / Voyager 2 |
| Discovery date | January 20, 1986 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
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Mean orbit radius
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49751.722 ± 0.149 km[1] |
| Eccentricity | 0.00026 ± 0.000096[1] |
| 0.33503384 ± 0.00000058 d[1] | |
| Inclination | 0.08479 ± 0.031° (to Uranus' equator)[1] |
| Satellite of | Uranus |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 50 × 36 × 36 km[2] |
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Mean radius
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20.1 ± 3 km[2][3][4] |
| ~5500 km²[lower-alpha 1] | |
| Volume | ~38,900 km³[lower-alpha 1] |
| Mass | ~4.4×1016 kg[lower-alpha 1] |
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Mean density
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~1.3 g/cm³ (assumed)[3] |
| ~0.0073 m/s²[lower-alpha 1] | |
| ~0.017 km/s[lower-alpha 1] | |
| synchronous[2] | |
| zero[2] | |
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| Temperature | ~64 K[lower-alpha 1] |
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Cordelia (/kɔːrˈdiːliə/ kor-DEE-lee-ə) is the innermost known moon of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on January 20, 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 7.[6] It was not detected again until the Hubble Space Telescope observed it in 1997.[5][7] Cordelia takes its name from the youngest daughter of Lear in William Shakespeare's King Lear. It is also designated Uranus VI.[8]
Other than its orbit,[1] radius of 20 km[2] and geometric albedo of 0.08[5] virtually nothing is known about it. In the Voyager 2 images Cordelia appears as an elongated object with its major axis pointing towards Uranus. The ratio of axes of Cordelia's prolate spheroid is 0.7 ± 0.2.[2]
Cordelia acts as the inner shepherd satellite for Uranus' Epsilon ring.[9] Cordelia's orbit is within Uranus' synchronous orbit radius, and is therefore slowly decaying due to tidal deceleration.[2]
Cordelia is very close to a 5:3 orbital resonance with Rosalind.[10]
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Explanatory notes
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