 Voyager 2 image of Desdemona. |
|
| DESDEMONA - MOON OF URANUS | |
| Desdemona is the wife of Othello in Shakespeare's play "Othello". Desdemona was discovered in 1986 in Voyager 2 images. | |
| Orbit | |
|
Desdemona orbits Uranus at a distance of 62,660 kilometres. The orbit is nearly a perfect circle (eccentricity 0.001o), and lies in the plane of Uranus' equator (inclination 0.2o) |
|
 The orbits of Uranus' small moons. |
|
| Physical properties | |
| Desdemona is a small moon measuring 58 kilometres across. Its mass and density are unknown. | |
| Interior | |
| The interior of Desdemona is unknown. | |
| Magnetic field | |
| No magnetic field has been detected. | |
| Atmosphere | |
| No atmosphere has been detected. | |
| Surface | |
| Desdemona's albedo is 0.07, making it very dark, similar to the other small moons of Uranus. | |
|
|
|
