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Ophelia

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Summary

Ophelia is a moon of Uranus[1]. Ophelia draws 428 Wikipedia views per month (moon of uranus category, ranking #13 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Richard J. Terrile[3], Voyager 2[4]
  • Instance of: shepherd moon[5]
  • Named after: Ophelia[6]
  • Commons category: Ophelia (moon)[7]
  • Parent astronomical body: Uranus[8]
  • Provisional designation: S/1986 U 8[9]
  • Time of discovery or invention: January 20, 1986[10]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.00992[11]
  • Orbital inclination: 0.10362 degree[12]
  • Area: 5900 km²[13]
  • Density: 1.33 gram per cubic centimetre[14]
  • Mass: 51,000,000,000,000,000 kg[15], 54 exagram[16]
  • Orbital period: 0.37640039 day[17]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 53763.39 km[18]
  • Does not have part: atmosphere[19]
  • Albedo: 0.07[20]

Why It Matters

Ophelia has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Ophelia is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Voyager 2

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . adsabs.harvard.edu. adsabs.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . adsabs.harvard.edu. adsabs.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · ~2026-54193-84 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Does not have part → atmosphere
    Instance of → —
    Mass → {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+51000000000000000'}, {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+54'}
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+53763.39'}
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Astronomic symbol image: Ophelia symbol (fixed width).svg"
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