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Desdemona is one of the moons orbiting the planet Uranus. It is a small, icy celestial body that contributes to our understanding of the Uranian moon system and the broader composition of the outer solar system.
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- Instance of
- regular moon
- Named after
- Desdemona
- Parent body
- Uranus
- Radius
- 35
- Mass
- 180
- Orbital period
- 0.473649597
- Image
- Uranus-Desdemona-NASA.gif
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- discoverer or inventor
- Voyager 2
- temperature
- 64
- provisional designation
- S/1986 U 6
- time of discovery or invention
- 1986-01-13
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 62658.364
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.00013
- density
- 1.33
- does not have part
- atmosphere
- orbital inclination
- 0.11252
- albedo
- 0.084
- different from
- 666 Desdemona
- Commons category
- Desdemona (moon)
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Encyclopedic overview
Desdemona is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 13 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 6. Desdemona is named after the wife of Othello in William Shakespeare's play Othello. It is also designated Uranus X.
Desdemona belongs to the Portia group of satellites, which also includes Bianca, Cressida, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda, and Perdita. These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties. Other than its orbit, size of 90 km × 54 km (56 mi × 34 mi), and geometric albedo of 0.08, little is known about Desdemona.
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