Cordelia
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Cordelia is one of Uranus's 28 known moons. It is a small inner moon, orbiting just inside the planet's outermost rings, Lambda and Epsilon. Discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1985-86, Cordelia has an estimated radius between 10 and 80 km (6 and 50 miles). Cordelia and another moon, Ophelia, are known as shepherd moons because they orbit on either side of the Epsilon ring, helping to maintain its narrow width through gravitational interaction.12
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UranusMoons of UranusThe innermost moon, Cordelia, orbits just inside the outermost rings, Lambda and Epsilon. An 11th tiny inner moon, Perdita, photographed by Voyager near the orbit of Belinda, remained unnoticed in the images until 1999 and was not confirmed until 2003. Two additional inner moons—Cupid, near Belinda’s orbit, and…
Read MoreThe innermost moon, Cordelia, orbits just inside the outermost rings, Lambda and Epsilon. An 11th tiny inner moon, Perdita, photographed by Voyager near the orbit of Belinda, remained unnoticed in the images until 1999 and was not confirmed until 2003. Two additional inner moons—Cupid, near Belinda’s orbit, and…
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…that the innermost two moons, Cordelia and Ophelia, orbit on either side of the Epsilon ring at exactly the right radii required for shepherding. Shepherds for the other rings were not observed, perhaps because the moons are too small to be seen in the Voyager images. Small moons may also…
Read More…that the innermost two moons, Cordelia and Ophelia, orbit on either side of the Epsilon ring at exactly the right radii required for shepherding. Shepherds for the other rings were not observed, perhaps because the moons are too small to be seen in the Voyager images. Small moons may also…
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