Ophelia

Ophelia is small moon orbiting the planet Uranus.

Ophelia

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
TE AWAMUTU SPACE CENTRE
HOME  |  ABOUT  |  CONTACT  |  FACEBOOK  |  TWITTER