Desdemona
| Desdemona | |
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| Designation | |
| Name | Desdemona |
| Reference body | Uranus |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 2006.64779710751 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 62738003.875894 m |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.00117598375022852 |
| Inclination (i) | 97.7935361180072° (1.70681919242722 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 167.559706764495° (2.92446857671666 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 232.723550627953° (4.0617922053895 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 576.328695784037° (10.0588333151562 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 (outer_planets-060929-base.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[edit]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Outer Planets 060929 Base | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel Carl Romanik Tony Dunn |
Scenery | 30 September 2006 | Orbiter 2006-P1 | ||
| The Outer Planets 050329 Update | AVSIM | 050329 | Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn Carl Romanik |
Scenery | 30 March 2005 | ||
| The Outer Planets 050125 | AVSIM | 050125 | Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn |
Scenery | 26 January 2005 | Orbiter 2005-P1 | |
| Uranus Minor Moons | O-F Resources | 2004-12-14 | Nighthawke | Scenery | 14 December 2004 | ||
| Uranus | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel | Scenery | 5 November 2002 | |||
Belinda from uranus.zip in Orbiter 2002 
Desdemona from UranusMoons.zip in Orbiter 2003P2 
Desdemona from outerplanets-050125.zip in Orbiter 2005P1 
Desdemona from outer_planets-060929-base.zip in Orbiter 2006P1 
Desdemona as seen by Voyager 2 in January 1986
from Wikimedia Commons
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