Moon of Uranus
Desdemona is aninner satellite ofUranus . It was discovered from the images taken byVoyager 2 S/1986 U 6 .[ 12] wife of Othello inWilliam Shakespeare 's playOthello Uranus X .[ 13]
Desdemona belongs to the Portia group of satellites, which also includesBianca ,Cressida ,Juliet ,Portia ,Rosalind ,Cupid ,Belinda , andPerdita .[ 9] [ 9] [ 5] [ 6] [ 9]
InVoyager 2 [ 6] [ 6]
Desdemona may collide with one of itsneighboring moons Cressida orJuliet within the next 100 million years.[ 14]
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Listed in approximately increasing distance fromUranus Inner Major (spheroid) Outer (irregular)
Caliban group (3) Margaret (1) Other retrograde moons (6)
Geological features
