Ophelia, in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus Uranus (y
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Ophelia [ō′fēl·yə]
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Ophelia [ō′fēl·yə]
(astronomy)
A satellite of Uranus orbiting at a mean distance of 33,400 miles (53,760 kilometers) with a period of 9 hours 3 minutes, and a diameter of about 20 miles (32 kilometers); the outer shepherding satellite for the outermost ring of Uranus.
Ophelia
goes mad after father’s death. [Br. Lit.: Hamlet]
See : Madness
Ophelia
driven insane by Hamlet’s actions, she drowns herself. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare Hamlet]
See : Suicide
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