Perdita (moon)
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Erich Karkoschka / Voyager 2 |
| Discovery date | May 18, 1999 (in images dating back to January 18, 1986) |
| Orbital characteristics | |
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Mean orbit radius
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76,417 ± 1 km[1] |
| Eccentricity | 0.0012 ± 0.0005[1] |
| 0.638021 ± 0.000013 d[1] | |
| Inclination | 0.0 ± 0.3° (to Uranus' equator)[1] |
| Satellite of | Uranus |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 30 × 30 × 30 km[1] |
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Mean radius
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15 ± 3 km[1] |
| ~2,800 km² [lower-alpha 1] | |
| Volume | ~14,000 km³ [lower-alpha 1] |
| Mass | ~0.18×1017 kg[lower-alpha 1] |
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Mean density
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~1.3 g/cm³ (assumed) |
| ~0.0047 m/s² [lower-alpha 1] | |
| ~0.011 km/s[lower-alpha 1] | |
| synchronous[1] | |
| zero[1] | |
| Albedo | 0.08 ± 0.01[2] |
| Temperature | ~64 K[lower-alpha 1] |
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Perdita (/ˈpɜːrdᵻtə/ PUR-di-tə) is an inner satellite of Uranus. Perdita's discovery was complicated. The first photographs of Perdita were taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986, but it was not recognized from the photographs for more than a decade. In 1999, the moon was noticed by Erich Karkoschka and reported.[1][3] But because no further pictures could be taken to confirm its existence, it was officially demoted in 2001.[4] However, in 2003, pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope managed to pick up an object where Perdita was supposed to be, finally confirming its existence.[5][6]
Following its discovery in 1999, it was given the temporary designation of S/1986 U 10.[3] It was named Perdita (Latin for 'lost') after the daughter of Leontes and Hermione in William Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale. The moon is also designated Uranus XXV.[7]
The moon orbits between Belinda and Puck. The above-mentioned Hubble measurements prove that Perdita does not follow a direct Keplerian motion around Uranus. Instead, it is clearly caught in a 43:44 orbital resonance with the nearby moon Belinda. It is also close to an 8:7 resonance with Rosalind.[1][5]
Perdita belongs to the Portia group of satellites, which also includes Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Portia, Juliet, Cupid, Rosalind and Belinda.[2] These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties.[2] Little is known about Perdita apart from its orbit,[1][5] radius of 15 km[1] and geometric albedo of 0.08.[2]
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Explanatory notes
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Karkoschka, Voyager 2001.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Karkoschka, Hubble 2001.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 IAUC 7171.
- ↑ Foust 2001.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Showalter & Lissauer 2006.
- ↑ IAUC 8194.
- ↑ USGS: Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers.
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