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Portion of Uranus's ring system, an image obtained by Voyager 2 on Jan. 21, 1986.

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Ophelia

satellite of Uranus

Also known as: 1986U8

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Uranus

In Uranus: The ring system
…innermost two moons, Cordelia and Ophelia, orbit on either side of the Epsilon ring at exactly the right radii required for shepherding. Shepherds for the other rings were not observed, perhaps because the moons are too small to be seen in the Voyager images. Small moons may also be reservoirs…
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