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Cressida

Cressida
Discovery
Discovered byVoyager 2
Discovered in1986
Orbital characteristics
Mean radius61,767 km
Eccentricity0.00023
Orbital period0.46357d
Inclination0.04°
Is a satellite ofUranus
Physical characteristics
Equatorial diameter~79.6 km
Surface area km2
Mass3.43×1017 kg
Mean density1.3 g/cm3
Surface gravity0.014 m/s2
Rotation period?
Axial tilt
Albedo0.07
Surface temp
minmeanmax
KKK
Atmospheric pressure0 kPa

Cressida is a moon of Uranus. It was named after the daughter of Calchas in William Shakespeare's play Troilus and Cressida. Other than its size and orbit, virtually nothing is known about it.