Ophelia
Moon· orbits Uranus
Ophelia is a moon orbiting Uranus.
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Key facts
Orbit around Uranus
9.1 hours
0.38 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Uranus
- Distance from Uranus
- 182,558 km
- Orbital period
- 9.06 hours
- Eccentricity
- 0.01194
- Inclination
- 74.62 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.00264 S⊕ · 1/378 of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- Voyager Science Team
Ophelia was discovered in 1986 by Voyager Science Team. Uranus's moons are named after characters from the plays of Shakespeare and the poetry of Alexander Pope. Beyond its discovery and naming, little more about it has been individually recorded.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.