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  Uranus' Moon Cordelia
Cordelia was named after the daughter of King Lear in Shakespeare's play King Lear.
Cordelia is one of the smaller moons in the Solar System and is the innermost known moon of Uranus.
Cordelia acts as the inner shepherd satellite for Uranus' epsilon ring.
www.solarviews.com /eng/cordelia.htm   (73 words)

  
  Cordelia (moon)
Cordelia ("kor DEE lee uh") is the innermost moon of Uranus.
Cordelia acts as the inner shepherd satellite for Uranus' epsilon ring.
Cordelia's orbit is within Uranus' synchronous orbit radius, and is therefore slowly decaying due to tidal forces.
pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/c/co/cordelia__moon_.html   (96 words)

  
 Sea and Sky's Tour of the Solar System: Other Uranian Moons
Not much is known about Cordelia except that it appears to be the inner shepherd satellite for the epsilon ring of Uranus.
It is the second of two moons that orbit inside the synchronous orbit radius of Uranus.
Sycorax is the seventeenth and outermost of Uranus' known moons.
www.seasky.org /solarsystem/sky3h7.html   (918 words)

  
 Astronomy Answers: Universe Family Tree: Moon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
If a certain planet has none of its moons in the top ten, then the moon from that planet that has the characteristic the most is also mentioned in the table.
This table shows the moons that are on average the furthest from or the closest to the center of their planet, measured in units of 1000 km.
The orbits of moons that are far enough away from their planet are influenced by the gravity of the Sun.
www.astro.uu.nl /~strous/AA/en/boom/maan.html   (871 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Cordelia (moon)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Inclination is one of the six orbital parameters describing the shape and orientation of a celestial orbit and is the angular distance of the orbital plane from the plane of the reference (usually planets equator or the ecliptic), stated in degrees.
Moons of solar system scaled to Earths Moon The common noun moon (not capitalized) is used to mean any natural satellite of the other planets.
Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Umbriel (um-bree-ul) is a moon of Uranus discovered on 1851-10-24 by William Lassell.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cordelia-(moon)   (1272 words)

  
 Cordelia - about Cordelia
Cordelia is not about Powerpointed aphorisms, exhorting one to think ‘out of the box’, pursuing hairy audacious goals, or driving the words innovate and excellence into meaningless exhaustion.
Cordelia told her client, who happened to be her father and the King, that this was a terrible idea, even though it meant she would not be rewarded with one of the divisions, and would be banished from the business.
Cordelia has access to a cumulative 250 years of management and strategic thinking, and over $32 billion dollars worth of deal making experience, as well as expertise in corporate communications both inside and outside the company.
www.cordelia.uk.com /aboutcordelia.html   (869 words)

  
 Cordelia (moon) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Cordelia (kor-dee'-lee-a) is the innermost (Any natural satellite of a planet) moon of (A giant planet with a ring of ice particles; 7th from the sun) Uranus.
Cordelia acts as the inner (Click link for more info and facts about shepherd satellite) shepherd satellite for Uranus' epsilon (Jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger) ring.
Cordelia's orbit is within Uranus' synchronous orbit radius, and is therefore slowly decaying due to (Click link for more info and facts about tidal force) tidal forces.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Co/Cordelia_(moon).htm   (477 words)

  
 * Cordelia - (Astronomy): Definition
Compared with the satellites of other planets of the solar system, Cordelia is a small Moon with a diameter of 26 km and an unknown mass.
Cordelia is the innermost of Uranus' known satellites: : 49,752 km from Uranus : 26 km : ?
Cordelia is a daughter of Lear in Shakespeare's King Lear.
en.mimi.hu /astronomy/cordelia.html   (259 words)

  
 The Sun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
are Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia,
Cordelia-a moon named after the daughter of King Lear in a play by Shakespeare called King Lear.
Cordelia is the innermost moons of the planet Uranus.
www.cedu.niu.edu /scied/solar_system/uranus.htm   (375 words)

  
 Cordelia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Queen Cordelia was a legendary queen of the Britons.
Cordelia Chase is a fictional character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Cordelia Gray is a fictional character in P.D. James's book Cordelia Gray.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cordelia   (148 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Mysterious Moons of Uranus Finally Caught
Though researchers were able to determine rough orbits for the two moons, until this year they were unable to create an accurate model for complete orbits.
Cordelia and Ophelia orbit Uranus on either side of the planets main ring.
As a result, astronomers have dubbed them "shepherd" moons, since their apparent effect is to "herd" ring debris, preventing it from spreading out of its normal orbit.
www.space.com /science/solarsystem/uranian_moons_000302.html   (677 words)

  
 About Cordelia Hanna, BA, CCE, CBA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Cordelia's political activism began at the tender age of three when she attended the March on Washington against the war in Viet Nam pushed in a stroller by her mom.
Cordelia has dedicated her professional life to improving maternal and infant health and the improvement of women's status in the United States through the development of professional midwifery and allied maternity care providers and the promotion of programs that are based on The midwifery model of maternity care, and the empowerment of women.
Cordelia is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Public Health (MPH) in Health Education and Promotion/Maternal Child Health from Loma Linda University School of Public Health, and works as a perinatal health educator the maternal child health division of a public health department, working to improve birth outcomes for disadvantaged women.
www.support4birth.com /background.html   (870 words)

  
 The Solar System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Over millions of years, the dust and ice on the outside of the moons was aloud to escape, while the dust and gas on the inside, or between the moons was not.
A shepherd moon is a moon that orbits a planet on the edge of it's rings.
Rosalind is the eighth moon from the surface of the planet Uranus.
www.kidsastronomy.com /uranus/moons.htm   (936 words)

  
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Where once Cordelia wouldn't be caught dead in jeans, now it was the main article of clothing that she wore, along with tank tops and T-shirts that had all seen many fights.
Cordelia would have a field day with how he got that stain on his shoe, he thought absently, as he tried to figure out what to do next.
Angel waited for Cordelia to pick up the phone, a towel around his waist, the clothing he had worn in a tightly-closed plastic bag in the corner of the motel room he had gotten for the night.
www.sabershadowkat.com /buffy/ifthemoonshouldcrumble.html   (6629 words)

  
 Cordelia (Mond) - netlexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Cordelia umkreist Uranus in einem mittleren Abstand von 49.752 km in rund 8 Stunden.
Cordelia bewegt sich als innerer Schäfermond innerhalb des Epsilon-Ringes des Uranus und beeinflusst mit ihrer Gravitationswirkung die Ringpartikel.
Ariel | Belinda | Bianca | Caliban | Cordelia | Cressida | Desdemona | Juliet | Miranda | Oberon | Ophelia | Portia | Prospero | Puck | Rosalind | Setebos | Stephano | Sycorax | Titania | Trinculo | Umbriel
www.lexikon-definition.de /Cordelia-%28Mond%29.html   (302 words)

  
 Uranus' Small Moons
Uranus VI Cordelia is the innermost of Uranus' known satellites:
Cordelia appears to be the inner shepherding satellite for Uranus's Epsilon ring.
Of the 10 new Uranian moons discovered by Voyager 2, only Puck was discovered soon enough that the observation schedule could be adjusted to get images.
www.seds.org /billa/tnp/uramoons.html   (425 words)

  
 Descendants of Robert MOON, Avon, Ohio
Lodowick6 MOON (Abraham5, James4, Ebenezer3, Ebenezer2, Robert1) was born February 12, 1785 in Pownell, Bennington County, Vermont1, and died June 08, 1829 in Avon Township, Lorain County, Ohio.
Abraham6 MOON (Abraham5, James4, Ebenezer3, Ebenezer2, Robert1) was born 1790 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and died September 11, 1831 in Lorain County, Ohio.
Elizabeth6 MOON (Abraham5, James4, Ebenezer3, Ebenezer2, Robert1) was born November 11, 1791 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and died March 14, 1869 in Avon, Lorain County, Ohio.
www.centuryinter.net /tjs11/gen/rmoon1.htm   (2166 words)

  
 Moon Of Uranus - Daily Space News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
As with the other large moons of Uranus, Titania is composed of about equal parts ice and rock.
Cordelia is one of the smaller moons in the Solar System and is the...
It appears that this moon is a shepherd moon for Uranus' Epsilon ring.
www.dailyspacenews.com /space/moon-of-uranus.html   (231 words)

  
 ThinkAstrologically - Astrological Thinking - Uranus Moons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
I've searched high and low but on the net for something that relates to uranus moons but it wasn't until I accessed a secret search site that my friend recommend that I was able to find what I was able to find.
It is the smallest of Uranus' moons that is visible from the Earth.
Uranus' Moons and Rings - A brief summary of the planet Uranus and its 27 moons.
www.thinkastrologically.info /uranus-moons.php   (285 words)

  
 NASA's Solar System Exploration: Planets: Uranus: Moons: Cordelia
The two moons - designated 1986U7 and 1986U8 - are seen here on either side of the bright epsilon ring; all nine of the known Uranian rings are visible.
The discovery of the two ring moons 1986U7 and 1986U8 is a major advance in our understanding of the structure of the Uranian rings and is in good agreement with theoretical predictions of how these narrow rings are kept from spreading out.
Based on likely surface brightness properties, the moons are of roughly 20- and 30-km diameter, respectively.
sse.jpl.nasa.gov /planets/profile.cfm?Object=Ura_Cordelia   (347 words)

  
 Uranus' Moons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Moons of Uranus - Actual measurements of each moon, the date in which it was discovered, the orbital period and the distance from Uranus.
Uranus -- The Moons of Uranus - It states the statistics of the moons, and a description of the three well-known moons of Uranus.
Cordelia was discoevered in 1986 by Voyoger 2, has an orbital inclination of 0.14 degrees, and a magnitude of 24.1 (Vo).
www.kn.sbc.com /wired/fil/pages/listuranusmje.html   (1132 words)

  
 NASA's Solar System Exploration: Planets: Uranus: Moons: Cordelia
The two moons - designated 1986U7 and 1986U8 - are seen here on either side of the bright epsilon ring; all nine of the known Uranian rings are visible.
The discovery of the two ring moons 1986U7 and 1986U8 is a major advance in our understanding of the structure of the Uranian rings and is in good agreement with theoretical predictions of how these narrow rings are kept from spreading out.
Based on likely surface brightness properties, the moons are of roughly 20- and 30-km diameter, respectively.
solarsystem.nasa.gov /planets/profile.cfm?Object=Ura_Cordelia   (347 words)

  
 Uranus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The moons Cordelia and Ophelia act as shepherd satellites for the epsilon ring.
After each shattering the moon would have reassembled from the remains of its former self with portions of the core exposed and portions of the surface buried.
Oberon [O-buh-ron] is a moon of Uranus that is characterized by an old, heavily cratered, and icy surface.
www.elk.itu.edu.tr /~batman/astronom/solar/uranus/puranus.html   (1740 words)

  
 The Moons of the Solar System — Cordelia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The moon of Uranus – Cordelia (VI) – was previously temporarily designated as S/1986 U7.
    The names of a Uranus' moons are not of mythological origin, because Cordelia is the daughter of Lear in Shakespeare's "King Lear".
    The moon by this name is in circular prograde orbit (→eccentricity e = 0.000) with a →semimajor axis a = 49,800 km.
republika.pl /ksiezyce/uranus/cordelia_en.html   (354 words)

  
 Solar System Articles | Solar Eclipses Elsewhere?
The moon is approximately 30', and Jupiter is usually about 50".) From the Earth faint traces of a corona can be detected about 10° from the eclipse, about 20 times the apparent angular diameter of the Sun and Moon.
Moons from gas giants do produce closer results, but none are right on and a gas giant is not a planet you could really land on.
The 'Matching' column indicates how far away a moon needs to be to form a perfect match with the Sun for the 'Moon' specified in the 'Moon' column.
www.gateway-to-the-universe.org /brent/tourist/ss07.htm   (1109 words)

  
 Tour the Solar System and Beyond - Uranus
Although the diameter of the planet is four times greater than that of Earth's, at this distance, it appears in the sky as a faint disk spanning one thousandth of a degree, making it barely visible to the unaided eye only on clear dark nights.
Early astonomers observed that the orbits of the four then-known Uranian moons were tipped 98 degrees relative to the planet's orbit around the Sun.
Bits of debris are concentrated into thin rings that orbit the planet between 1.4 and 2.0 Uranian radii, with the tiny moon Cordelia orbiting inside the brightest, outermost ring.
spacekids.hq.nasa.gov /osskids/animate/uranus.html   (815 words)

  
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Cordelia noticed and was about to make sure she was okay when suddenly Buffy reached forward and hugged her.
Cordelia walked down the school hallway, her flock of followers trailing at a respectful distance, when she saw the trio of monsterhunters standing by a locker in front of her.
Cordelia smiled a smile of triumph and continued down the hall.
www.loony-archivist.com /queencscribes/fiction/thineownself.html   (2706 words)

  
 Uranus' Small Moons
Uranus VI Cordelia is the innermost of Uranus' known satellites:
Cordelia appears to be the inner shepherding satellite for Uranus's Epsilon ring.
These small moons are all very dark; Uranus' larger moons are much brighter.
seds.lpl.arizona.edu /billa/tnp/uramoons.html   (425 words)

  
 The Crypt: Carpe Diem by Gypsy Queen
Cordelia cupped her hands around her mouth and yelled, "Someone be manly and help Connor with the bags!" There was no response.
Connor was standing over a pile of scattered packages, Fred was staring down at her feet in a concerned fashion, and Cordelia was tapping her shoe while staring at him scathingly.
Cordelia walked over and bent down to hand him a different lid that had been sitting behind him.
solo.abac.com /lubakmetyk/others/gypsyq/carpe2.htm   (1993 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Cordelia Chase is a fictional character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
Cordelia Gray is a fictional character in two books by P.D. James.
Cordelia Naismith is a fictional character in the Vorkosigan Saga novels by Lois McMaster Bujold.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Cordelia   (163 words)

  
 cak-genealogy - pafg439 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Clarissa MOON [Parents] was born in Jul 1870 in Ohio.
She married Selim W. MOON on 09 Jun 1853 in Lorain County, Ohio.
Cordelia Q. Parents] was born on 15 Jun 1826.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~colleengormley/web/cak-genea/pafg439.htm   (344 words)

  
 Uranus' Moons
It explains that Miranda is one of the smaller moons, and was the one that was approached the closest by the Voyager 2.
An interesting commentary is that this moon, Miranda, may actually be the last representation of the moon, and that there were many other versions that were smashed away and then regrouped by gravity.
Cordelia was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on January 20, 1986.
www.kn.att.com /wired/fil/pages/listuranuski.html   (1633 words)

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