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hor_green_bar1.jpg Cordelia hor_green_bar1.jpg


Discovered through the analysis of Voyager 2 photographs in 1986, Cordelia is the innermost satellite of Uranus and was named after daughter of King Lear in Shakespeare's play King Lear. The satellite is the inner shepherd satellite for the epsilon ring of Uranus.


PHYSICAL DATA FOR CORDELIA
 Mass (kg)
 Mass (Earth = 1)
 Radius (km) 13
 Radius (Earth = 1) 2.0383e - 03
 Mean Density (g/cm3)
 Mean Distance from Uranus (km) 49,750
 Magnitude (V0) 24.1

 

ORBITAL DATA FOR CORDELIA
 Rotational period (days)
 Orbital period (days) 0.335033
 Mean orbital velocity (km/s) 10.80
 Orbital eccentricity 0.000
 Orbital inclination (degrees) 0.14
 Escape (km/s)
 Albedo 0.07

 

Physical Data Key
Mass Mass
Mass Mass compared to that of Earth.
Radius Radius
Radius Radius compared to that of Earth.
Mean Density Average Density.
Distance Distance to the planet's center.
Magnitude The brightness of a star or object.
Orbital Data Key
Rotational Period Number of days to make one complete rotation.
Orbital Period Number of days to obital the planet.
Mean Orbital Velocity Average obital speed.
Orbital Eccentricity Eccentricity.
Orbital Inclination The tilt of the moon or planet.
Escape Escape Velocity.
Albedo Visual geometric albedo.




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