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Cordelia

satellite of Uranus
Also known as: 1986U7

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  • Images obtained by Voyager 2.
    In Uranus: Moons of Uranus

    The 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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  • Images obtained by Voyager 2.
    In Uranus: The ring system

    …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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