Ophelia (moon)

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There is also an asteroid called 171 Ophelia.Ophelia (/ɵˈfiːliə/ o-FEE-lee-ə) is a moon of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on January 20 1986 and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 8. It was not seen until the Hubble Space Telescope recovered it in 2003. Ophelia was named after the daughter of Polonius Ophelia in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.

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density (μ3)

1300.0

mass (kg)

5300.0

orbital period (μ)

0.308448

surface area (km2)

6.6e+09

temperature (K)

64.0

volume (km3)

4.1e+13

discovery date

1986-01-20

discoverer

Voyager 2, Richard J. Terrile

escape velocity (kmh)

64.8