Desdemona
| Desdemona | |
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| Designation | |
| Name | Desdemona |
| Reference body | Uranus |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 1979.999 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 62660000 m |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.0001 |
| Inclination (i) | 0.1088619811° (0.0019 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 306.8876542° (5.3562 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 143.6347897° (2.5069 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 313.9980605° (5.4803 radian) |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 29150 m |
| Mass | 2.011×1016 kg |
| SidRotPeriod | 40089.6 (11.136 hours) |
| SidRotOffset | 0 |
| Obliquity | 1.4346 |
| LAN | 2.9255 |
| Note | *Elements given are from Desdemona.cfg (uranus.zip) |
Desdemona (Uranus X, S/1986 U 6) is one of the inner satellites of Uranus. It was discovered by the Voyager2 spacecraft in January 1986. It is named after the wife of Othello in Shakespeare's Othello.
Desdemona in Orbiter
Desdemona was first introduced into Orbiter with the add-on uranus.zip in November 2002.
| Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranus | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel | Scenery | 5 November 2002 | |||
Belinda from uranus.zip in Orbiter 2002 
Desdemona as seen by Voyager 2 in January 1986
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