Perdita (/ˈpɜrdɨtə/ 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. But because no further pictures could be taken to confirm its existence it was officially demoted in 2001.
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