Despina (moon)

Despina is one of Neptune's moons, discovered in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. It is named after a character from Greek mythology, specifically a daughter of Poseidon. Despina is an irregularly shaped moon and is relatively small, with a diameter of about 150 kilometers (93 miles). The moon orbits Neptune at a distance of approximately 20,000 kilometers (about 12,400 miles) and completes an orbit around the planet in about 0.