Desdemona (GIF; 24K)

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 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

Uranus Cressida Juliet

Author: Calvin J. Hamilton.