Cordelia (moon)

Moon of Uranus

Cordelia

Cordelia (image taken 21 January 1986)

Discovery
Discovered by| Richard J. Terrile / Voyager 2
Discovery date| January 20, 1986
Designations

Designation

| Uranus VI
Pronunciation| /kɔːrˈdiːliə/[1]
Adjectives| Cordelian[2]
Orbital characteristics

Mean orbit radius

| 49751.722 ± 0.149 km[3]
Eccentricity| 0.00026 ± 0.000096[3]

Orbital period (sidereal)

| 0.33503384 ± 0.00000058 d[3]
Inclination| 0.08479 ± 0.031° (to Uranus' equator)[3]
Satellite of| Uranus
Group| ring shepherd
Physical characteristics
Dimensions| 50 × 36 × 36 km[4]

Mean radius

| 20.1 ± 3 km[4][5][6]

Surface area

| ~5500 km2[a]
Volume| ~38,900 km3[a]
Mass| ~4.4×1016 kg[a]

Mean density

| ~1.3 g/cm3 (assumed)[5]

Surface gravity

| ~0.0073 m/s2[a]

Escape velocity

| ~0.017 km/s[a]

Synodic rotation period

| synchronous[4]

Axial tilt

| zero[4]
Albedo|

* 0.08 ± 0.01 [7]
* 0.07[5][6]

Temperature| ~64 K[a]

Cordelia is the innermost known moon of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on January 20, 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 7.[8] It was not detected again until the Hubble Space Telescope observed it in 1997.[7][9] Cordelia takes its name from the youngest daughter of Lear in William Shakespeare's King Lear. It is also designated Uranus VI.[10]

Other than its orbit,[3] radius of 20 km[4] and geometric albedo of 0.08[7] virtually nothing is known about it. In the Voyager 2 images Cordelia appears as an elongated object with its major axis pointing towards Uranus. The ratio of axes of Cordelia's prolate spheroid is 0.7 ± 0.2.[4]

Cordelia acts as the inner shepherd satellite for Uranus' ε ring.[11] Cordelia's orbit is within Uranus' synchronous orbit radius, and is therefore slowly decaying due to tidal deceleration.[4]

Cordelia is very close to a 5:3 orbital resonance with Rosalind.[12]

## See also[edit]

* Moons of Uranus

## References[edit]

Explanatory notes

1. ^ a b c d e f Calculated on the basis of other parameters.

Citations

1. ^ Benjamin Smith (1903) The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
2. ^ Jennifer Bates (2010) Hegel and Shakespeare on Moral Imagination, p. 102
3. ^ a b c d e Jacobson, R. A. (1998). "The Orbits of the Inner Uranian Satellites From Hubble Space Telescope and Voyager 2 Observations". The Astronomical Journal. 115 (3): 1195–1199. Bibcode:1998AJ....115.1195J. doi:10.1086/300263.
4. ^ a b c d e f g Karkoschka, Erich (2001). "Voyager's Eleventh Discovery of a Satellite of Uranus and Photometry and the First Size Measurements of Nine Satellites". Icarus. 151 (1): 69–77. Bibcode:2001Icar..151...69K. doi:10.1006/icar.2001.6597.
5. ^ a b c "Planetary Satellite Physical Parameters". JPL (Solar System Dynamics). 24 October 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
6. ^ a b Williams, Dr. David R. (23 November 2007). "Uranian Satellite Fact Sheet". NASA (National Space Science Data Center). Retrieved 12 December 2008.
7. ^ a b c Karkoschka, Erich (2001). "Comprehensive Photometry of the Rings and 16 Satellites of Uranus with the Hubble Space Telescope". Icarus. 151 (1): 51–68. Bibcode:2001Icar..151...51K. doi:10.1006/icar.2001.6596.
8. ^ Smith, B. A. (1986-01-27). "Satellites and Rings of Uranus". IAU Circular. 4168. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
9. ^ Showalter, M. R.; Lissauer, J. J. (2003-09-03). "Satellites of Uranus". IAU Circular. 8194. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
10. ^ "Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. July 21, 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2006.
11. ^ Esposito, L. W. (2002). "Planetary rings". Reports on Progress in Physics. 65 (12): 1741–1783. Bibcode:2002RPPh...65.1741E. doi:10.1088/0034-4885/65/12/201. S2CID 250909885.
12. ^ Murray, Carl D.; Thompson, Robert P. (1990-12-06). "Orbits of shepherd satellites deduced from the structure of the rings of Uranus". Nature. 348 (6301): 499–502. Bibcode:1990Natur.348..499M. doi:10.1038/348499a0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4320268.

## External links[edit]

* Cordelia Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration
* Uranus' Known Satellites (by Scott S. Sheppard)

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