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Cordelia

Cordelia

Discovery

Discovered by

Discovered in

Orbital characteristics

49,752 km

0.00047

0.33503d

0.14°

Is a satellite of

Physical characteristics

Equatorial diameter

40 km

Surface area

4.5×10¹⁶ kg

1.3 g/cm³

Surface gravity

0.0074 m/s²

Rotation period

?

?°

0.07

Surface temp.

min	mean	max
K	K	K

Atmospheric pressure

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.

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Creiddylad | Desdemona of Othello | Fictional character | Fictional charactor | Goneril | King Lear | List of astronomical topics | List of astronomical topics (N-Z) | Natural satelite | Natural satellite | Planet Uranus | Uranus (planet)

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