Ophelia
satellite of Uranus
Also known as: 1986U8
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Portion of Uranus's ring system, an image obtained by Voyager 2 on Jan. 21, 1986.
Portion of Uranus's ring system with the bright Epsilon ring flanked by its two shepherd moons, Cordelia and Ophelia, in an image obtained by Voyager 2 on Jan. 21, 1986, three days before the spacecraft's closest approach to the Uranian system. Many of Uranus's other rings can be discerned inward of the Epsilon ring.
Ophelia is a moon of Uranus, discovered in 1986 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. It is one of Uranus's 28 known moons and orbits within the planet's ring system. Ophelia is a small moon, with a radius of approximately 21 km, and it orbits Uranus at a mean distance of 53,800 km. This moon plays a role in maintaining the structure of Uranus's Epsilon ring, acting as a shepherd moon alongside another moon, Cordelia.123
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