| Discovery | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovered by | Voyager 2 | ||||||
| Discovered in | 1986 | Orbital characteristics | |||||
| Mean radius | 62659 km | ||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.00023 | ||||||
| Orbital period | 0.47365d | ||||||
| Inclination | 0.16° | ||||||
| Is a satellite of | Uranus | ||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||
| Equatorial diameter | ~64 km | ||||||
| Surface area | km2 | ||||||
| Mass | 1.78×1017 kg | ||||||
| Mean density | 1.3 g/cm3 | ||||||
| Surface gravity | 0.011m/s2 | ||||||
| Rotation period | ? | ||||||
| Axial tilt | ?° | ||||||
| Albedo | 0.07 | ||||||
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| Atmospheric pressure | 0 kPa | ||||||
Desdemona is a moon of Uranus. It is named after the wife of Othello in William Shakespeare's play Othello. Other than its size and orbit, virtually nothing is known about it.