What is Ophelia?

Q: What is Ophelia?


A: Ophelia is a moon of Uranus.

Q: When was Ophelia discovered?


A: Ophelia was discovered on January 20, 1986, from images taken by Voyager 2.

Q: When was Ophelia seen again?


A: Ophelia was seen again in 2003 by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Q: Why was Ophelia named Ophelia?


A: Ophelia was named after the daughter of Polonius, Ophelia, in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.

Q: What is another designation for Ophelia?


A: Another designation for Ophelia is Uranus VII.

Q: What do we know about Ophelia?


A: Other than its orbit, radius of 23 km, and geometric albedo of 0.08, almost nothing is known about Ophelia.

Q: How does Ophelia appear in the Voyager 2 images?


A: In the Voyager 2 images, Ophelia appears as a stretched object, with the major axis pointing towards Uranus.

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