Cordelia (original) (raw)
Cordelia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Voyager 2 |
| Discovered in | 1986 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Mean radius | 49,752 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.00047 |
| Orbital period | 0.33503d |
| Inclination | 0.14° |
| Is a satellite of | Uranus |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Equatorial diameter | 40 km |
| Surface area | km2 |
| Mass | 4.5×1016 kg |
| Mean density | 1.3 g/cm3 |
| Surface gravity | 0.0074 m/s2 |
| Rotation period | ? |
| Axial tilt | ?° |
| Albedo | 0.07 |
| Surface temp | minmeanmax KKK |
| Atmospheric pressure | 0 kPa |
Cordelia is the innermost moon of Uranus. Apart from its orbital radius and dimensions, virtually nothing is known about it. It takes its name from the youngest daughter of Lear in William Shakespeare's King Lear.
Cordelia acts as the inner shepherd satellite for Uranus' epsilon planetary ring. Cordelia's orbit is within Uranus' synchronous orbit radius, and is therefore slowly decaying due to tidal forces.