Ophelia
Ophelia is small moon orbiting the planet Uranus.
Facts About Ophelia:
- Ophelia is an inner moon, the second moon from Uranus.
- Its orbit is slowly decaying so it is falling towards Uranus.
- It appears to be made of roughly equal parts ice and rock.
- It is a shepherd satellite for Uranus' Epsilon ring.
Classification: Moon (orbiting Uranus)
Names: Ophelia, Uranus VII, S/1986 U8
Discovered: 1986 by Richard Terrile (Voyager 2)
Naming: Named after the character Ophelia in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
Diameter: 42.8 km
Mass: 53000000000000000 kg
Axial Tilt: 0.0000 °
Orbit Radius: 53763.39
Orbital Period: 0.37640039 Earth days
Orbital Speed: 10.3900 km/s
Eccentricity: 0.00992000
Albedo: 0.0800
Volume: 41000 km3
Density: 1.3000 g/cm3
Surface Area: 6600 km2
Escape Velocity: 0.0180 km/s
Adjective: Ophelian