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in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus.
Voyager 2 image of the Uranian moon Desdemona
Discovery Discovered by
Stephen P. Synnott / Voyager 2 Discovered in
January 13, 1986 Orbital characteristics Mean radius
62,659 km Eccentricity
0.00023 Orbital period
0.47365 d Inclination
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Desdemona
Uranus X - 1986U6
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.
Desdemona Statistics Discovered byVoyager 2 ...
Desdemona
Uranus X
Desdemona is the fifth of Uranus' known satellites: orbit: 62,659 km from Uranus diameter: 58 km mass: ?
Desdemona [1986 U6]:
References
Arnett, W. "The Nine Planets: Desdemona." .
Desdemona
Discovered in 1986 by Voyager 2, Desdemona is the fifth of Uranus' moons.
Desdemona is the wife of Othello in Shakespeare's Othello.
The next eight moons are Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, and Puck, all named for Shakespearian characters. Inside of Belinda's orbit is a moon designated as S/1986 U10.
Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, Trinculo, plus others yet to receive names
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The next ten small satellites-Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, and Puck-were revealed by Voyager 2 in 1985-86.
The Voyager 2 spacecraft discovered 10 more, and they were named Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Puck, and Belinda.
Prospero, Stephano, Setebos, Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon.
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Some asteroids share names with moons of Uranus: 171 Ophelia, 218 Bianca, 593 Titania, 666 Desdemona, 763 Cupido and 2758 Cordelia.
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The occasion of her first performance was on December 8, 1660 in literature, in a production of William Shakespeare's play Othello, when she played the role of Desdemona in a production by Thomas Killigrew's new King's Company at their Vere Stree...
Around Saturn: none (like Jupiter, Saturn is a very fast rotator but has no satellites close enough)
Around Uranus: Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda, and Perdita ...
Uranus' known moons are (from nearest to furthest from the planet): Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon.
epsilon-ring uranus moons uranus's moons uranian moons uranus satellites uranus's satellites uranian satellites uranus moon uranus's moon uranian moon uranus satellite uranus's satellite uranian satellite Cordelia Ophelia Bianca Cressida Desdemona ...
 See also: Uranus, Cressida, Ophelia, Juliet, Rosalind
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