Cressida
Uranus IX - 1986U3
Cressida was named after the daughter of Calchas in Shakespeare's play
Troilus and Cressida. It is the forth satellite out from
Uranus and was discovered by Voyager 2.
| Cressida Statistics
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| Discovered by | Voyager 2
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| Date of discovery | 1986
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| Mass (kg) | ?
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| Equatorial radius (km) | 33
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| Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) | 5.1740e-03
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| Mean density (gm/cm^3) | ?
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| Mean distance from Uranus (km) | 61,770
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| Rotational period (days) | ?
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| Orbital period (days) | 0.463570
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| Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) | 9.70
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| Orbital eccentricity | 0.000
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| Orbital inclination (degrees) | 0.04
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| Visual geometric albedo | 0.07
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| Magnitude (Vo) | 22.2
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