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Ophelia (moon)

Ophelia

Discovery

Discovered by

Discovered in

Orbital characteristics

53,764 km

0.0101

0.37641d

0.09°

Is a satellite of

Physical characteristics

Equatorial diameter

~42 km

Surface area

5.4×10¹⁶ kg

1.3 g/cm³

Surface gravity

0.0078m/s²

Rotation period

?

?°

0.07

Surface temp.

min	mean	max
K	K	K

Atmospheric pressure

Ophelia is a moon of Uranus. It was named after the daughter of Polonius in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Ophelia acts as the outer shepherd satellite for Uranus' epsilon planetary ring. Its orbit is within Uranus' synchronous orbit radius, and is therefore slowy decaying due to tidal forces.

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List of astronomical topics | List of astronomical topics (N-Z) | Natural satelite | Natural satellite | Ophelia | Planet Uranus | Uranus (planet)

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